Students from 12 Missouri high schools, including area students from Carrollton and La Monte, will participate in a mock DWI crash in Columbia this weekend.
According to the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, the mock DWI crash will be held at the Stoney Creek Inn at 10:45 a.m on Friday, July 27. This mock crash is apart of the TRACTION Youth Traffic Safety Leadership Training Conference being held July 26-28. Assisting in the event will be Columbia Fire Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and MU Ambulance Service.
After an initial training session, TRACTION youths can create and implement action plans for their school and community in an effort to reduce unsafe driving habits.
TRACTION is a statewide program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Cape Girardeau Police Department, which is committed to helping youths promote safe driving habits to preventing underage drinking, drinking and driving, driver inattention and promoting safety belt usage.
From 2015-2017, there were 38 fatal crashes and 135 serious injury crashes involving a substance-impaired driver under 21 years of age.
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