Canton Fire and Police Departments Team Up for Mock Accident at Blue HIills High

By Lt. Tom Driscoll, Canton Fire Department

Members of the , and Randolph Fire Department took part in a mock drunken-driving accident for the junior class at in Canton today. The school’s resource officer, Canton Police Officer Scott Connor, along with retired Canton Firefighter Butch King, organized the demonstration to show students the dangers and consequences involved with drinking and driving. 

The scenario acted out was a head-on collision involving two cars.  The fake accident featured a drunken driver, whose passenger died due to the accident, at fault. In the other car were five students all in need of medical care and transport to the hospital.

In the mock accident, Officers from Canton Police arrived first to the scene and requested the fire department to respond for multiple injuries. Canton Fire arrived and began treatment, which involved using the jaws of life to access one of the victims. Students portraying the victims were loaded into Canton and Randolph ambulances and transported to the hospital.  At the end of the scenario, funeral home representatives came to remove the deceased from the accident scene and the drunken driver was arrested. 

Retired Firefighter King narrated the scenario for the crowd, and at the end, Officer Connor discussed what the students just witnessed and the dangers involved with drinking and driving.  The junior class will be attending their prom on Friday, May 27.

assisted with the event and provided a hearse. provided and delivered two cars for the mock accident.