A Mock Car Crash Reminds Students Not To Text And Drive

   Checking a text message takes your eyes off the road for 3-4 seconds and traveling at speeds of 55 mph you can cover the distance of a football field. So is it really worth it?  

High school students watched  as a slew of rescue vehicles, actors doused in fake blood and Duluth trauma teams  all took part in the mock car crash in the school’s parking lot. The crash victims were played by members of East High’s Drama Club. Freshman Sophie Farrow is part of the club and played an injured teen in the crash.

 “Think about how we would be feeling if this was real! I could barely deal with it just acting,”Farrow said.  

Matt Logan knows just how real this could feel.  “It’s a very difficult daily process; you don’t ever go a day without thinking about it deeply,” Logan said. He lost his teenage daughter, DJ, to texting and driving.

 Moving forward from his daughter’s death Logan now finds peace speaking at high schools all across the state. Logan warns students of the dangers of texting and driving.  

“I really want to get through to them the importance of decision making,” Logan said.

Since losing DJ, Logan has talked to hundreds students at more than 70 schools. 

“I’m bringing DJ forward and her memory forward with each of these students,” Logan said.

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