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May 2000
HS Students and Community Simulate Fatal DUI Crash
Grim Reaper to Star in two-day Pre-Prom Drama

What:
Every 15 Minutes, a dramatic program designed to prevent teenage drinking and driving, starts with a shocking, reality-based staging of a fatal DUI crash involving Granite Hills High School students and wraps up the next day with a high-energy, anti-drinking and driving, motivational assembly. Granite Hills' Every 15 Minutes is strategically planned to occur right before the weekend prom–traditionally one of the most deadly nights for students, according to California Highway Patrol statistics.
The program was named in the early 90's. At that time, someone in the U.S. died in an alcohol-related traffic collision every 15 minutes. Currently, the highway fatality rate is one death every half an hour.

Who:
Granite Hills High School Students & Staff, Communities Against Substance Abuse, CA Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, CA Office of Traffic Safety, El Cajon Police Dept., El Cajon Fire Dept., CA Highway Patrol, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego Sheriff's Dept., East County Hospitality Resource Panel, MADD, SADD, Westwood One–Monica Zech, Christian Community Theatre, Over the Hill Gang, and others.

Why:

	Alcohol-related crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers, and are NO accident.
	To demonstrate how severely DUI impacts the entire community.
	To challenge high school students to think about drinking, personal safety and the responsibility of making mature decisions when lives are at stake.

When:
Wednesday, May 31, 2000

Where:
Granite Hills High School
1719 East Madison Avenue, El Cajon, CA

Note:
Crash scene will be cordoned off. Journalists will be able to walk up to the yellow tape. Complete schedule of two-day event will be provided at the scene.