Staged crash leaves lesson for prom night in Seymour (videos)

Seymour and Oxford Emergency Services as well as CT State Police and agency partners staged a mock prom-night crash with Seymour High School seniors as the "victims" for the benefit of Seymour and Oxford juniors who watch as the emergency services show how they deal with a multiple-vehicle crash with fatalities. Mara Lavitt/Register

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
jean.sos@snet.net / Twitter: @nhrvalley

SEYMOUR — Seymour High School students were told Friday that drinking and getting behind the wheel is a deadly combination.

That was the message at the school’s eighth annual “Take a Stand Day.”
The program, created by Director of Security Richard Kearns, has gotten state, federal and national recognition for its message to teens.
Kearns, with the cooperation of Seymour and Oxford police, fire and emergency services, as well as dozens of local sponsors, stages the event right before the junior prom.

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