Article: Cerro Gordo High School students get graphic lesson on drunken driving.

Byline: Courtney Klemm

May 3--DECATUR -- Screams, blood and two cars, full of people, badly smashed.

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Moments later, sirens blare as the ambulance, police and fire department arrive. After lengthy extrication of crash victims from the vehicles, the numbers are reported: two dead people and one drunk driver.

Though the situation was merely a simulation, it was real enough to evoke tears and gasps of disbelief from its audience. On Wednesday afternoon, St. Mary's Hospital emergency nurses sponsored a crash re-enactment called "Party for Life" at Cerro Gordo High School in which intoxicated students leaving a post-prom party ...

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