MCS Students Learn Valuable Lesson from Mock DWI Crash

Deputy Zach Reinhart talks to students after the "accident."

MIDDLEBURGH - On a rainy chilly morning Wednesday, Middleburgh high school students learned a valuable lesson from a mock DWI crash drill right before prom season.

MCS high school students acted as the drivers and "victims," and members of the Schoharie County Sheriff's office, County EMS, and firefighters from the Middleburgh and West Fulton fire departments aided at the scene. Photos by David Avitabile.

Deputy Sniffen questions the "driver" Wednesday morning.

Firefighters use a "Jaws of Life" to open a door to get to a "victim" Wednesday morning.

County EMS members get ready as firefighters work to extract the "victim" in the MCS parking lot.

The "victim" is loaded to a stretcher in the MCS parking lot Wednesday.

Firefighters and EMS workers put the crash "victim" into the ambulance Wednesday morning at MCS.