Mock Crash Educates Huntingtown Students On The Dangers Of Distracted And Impaired Driving

Scenario depicted by Marty Sealey:

HHS administration direct request. Students decide to leave school for lunch without approval. While waiting in the school parking lot for a friend, the driver consumes cannabis. They get lunch at Chick-fil-A but are running late. The driver is slow to react to a yellow light change ahead and does not stop when it turns red. A 2005 Nissan Altima was sitting on Cox Road and was proceeding on the green light, crossing over to Old Town Road, and was hit by the student.

Tom Komenda plays 911 call:

911 call is made by another driver who witnesses the crash while traveling southbound on 4, makes the call but does not stop to help – does not feel safe getting out of the vehicle.

Vehicle #1: BMW, Heavy front-end damage. Moderate damage on the passenger side. 

• BMW driver.  Reilly – high, belted. Realizes during the scene that she knows Teya well from school. Bruising and soreness from the seat belt.
• BMW front seat passenger. Taylor. Incorrectly belted (shoulder behind back). Grade 4 concussion, brain edema, collapsed disc, intestinal trauma. Extended recovery time, life-long changes to goals, and physical abilities.

Vehicle #2. 2005 Nissan Altima, very heavy damage on the driver’s door and moderate damage on the rear passenger door. 

• Altima driver. Joy – deceased. Left side injuries. Fractures to the pelvis, hip, shoulder, ribs, skull.  
• Altima front seat passenger.  Jaira. Belted.  Moderate left side injuries from unbelted joy coming into her seat. Cries heartbreakingly during the scene – knows Joy is deceased, heard over mics. Concussion, contusions on left hips and legs.
• Altima rear seat passenger.  Teya – unbelted, contact with b pillar/door/intrusion. Severe, multiple left-side injuries: skull and rib fractures, pneumothorax injuries: fractures, skull, multiple, left side. Subdural hematoma. Advanced life support activities on scene. Friend of Reilly, and sibling of Joy.

First responder actions

• Sfst / dre evaluation, arrested on the scene:  Reilly, driver of black BMW
• Transported by EMS:  Taylor, passenger of black BMW. 
• Transported by Lee Funeral Home:  Joy, driver of white Altima
• Transported by Cals:  Teya, rear seat passenger in white Altima
• Interviewed by law enforcement, possibly transported due to shock (depending on # of ems):  Jaira, Altima passenger

Thank you’s:

• Huntingtown High School, eye of the storm students (introduced in the auditorium)
• Vehicle supplier  #1 Calvert County Public Schools/automotive technology
• Vehicle supplier #2 and damaging/towing: Aplus towing and recovery
• Fire department response: Huntingtown vfd
• Law enforcement response: sheriff’s office, Maryland State police
• 911 call: Calvert County Control Center 
• Fire/EMS coordination: Calvert County EMS services
• Injury development: impact research
• VMS notifications to motorists: Calvert County Public Works
• Funeral home: Lee Funeral Home 
• Victim speaker: Suzanne Elzey – cruise safe
• Narration: Marty Sealey, retired MSP and Dunkirk vfd
• Photos: Ron Bailey Photo Productions
• EMS:  Huntingtown volunteer fire dept., Calvert Advanced Life support
• Speakers and sound system: Calvert co. Public schools facilities mgmt.
• Program coordination: Chesapeake region safety council
• Opening remarks: co. 6 (tentative), Dave Madaras, Sheriff Ricky Cox