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Swapo's Erongo Leader Dies in Accident
AllAfrica.com
Kaimbi had to be removed from the wreckage with the 'jaws of life' before he was rushed to the Usakos State Hospital, from where he was transferred to Windhoek for emergency surgery, but he died in the ambulance on his way there.

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Clawson Students Learn Dangers of Drunken Driving at Mock Crash Scene
Patch.com
Jim Horton There were several injuries and one fatality in a drunken driving crash outside Clawson High School on Monday morning. Thankfully, it wasn't real, but a mock presentation to show seniors the dangers of drunken driving.

Metrowny.com
Students learn about the danger of drunk driving
Metrowny.com
Though just a simulation of what a real motor vehicle accident, caused my a drunk driver, looks like, students were shown how the fire department uses the jaws of life and other equipment to get the crash victims out of a car, how the first on the ...

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Local woman dies in crash
The Daily News of Newburyport
The victims were eventually extricated by Haverhill firefighters using the Jaws of Life. Those in the minivan were uninjured and live in Chelmsford, according to state police. The victims lived together in a two-floor duplex on Daniel Court, ...

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Newest prom danger: Texts
Marion Star
Firefighters from the Marion City and Marion Township fire departments worked together to free "victims" from vehicles using the Jaws of Life and saws. Students portrayed the victims. Ridgedale's Samantha Burns was the fatality, on the ground covered ...

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Truman HS Student's Death Alters Pre-Prom Tradition
Patch.com
The seniors are involved in a simulated auto crash complete with emergency response teams, ambulances, helicopter medi-vac, and the jaws of life. Even the grim reaper dressed in black with the trademark sickle makes an appearance.
Project Crash educates studentsAsbury Park Press

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Regional Roundup: SADD Discontinues Simulated Accident After Student's Death
Patch.com
Yearly, the seniors are involved in a simulated auto crash complete with emergency response teams, ambulances, helicopter medi-vac, and the jaws of life—even the grim reaper dressed in black with the trademark sickle makes an appearance.

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District changes pre-prom mock crash program after student's fatal wreck
phillyBurbs.com
Bristol Township's Harry S. Truman High School is altering its annual pre-prom tradition following the tragic death of junior Edward Brodecki. For more than a decade, Truman's Students Against Destructive Decisions has staged a simulated car crash, ...

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Mock wreck and death brings the point home
Wooster Daily Record
They get to see the Jaws of Life in use. They get to see LifeFlight. They get to see the State Highway Patrol reconstruct a crash scene. They get to see a trial with a real judge." The goal was to create a more likely scenario, so organizers stayed ...

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The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Troopers involved in gunfight, lifesaving firefighter honored with Silver ...
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
The incident “demonstrates just how quickly a routine response from law enforcement can turn into a life and death struggle,” Card said. Troopers Kelly Lambert and Ryan Rich were awarded Silver Chalice awards for how they responded to a ...