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YATESVILLE \u2014 A mock car crash was acted out Wednesday in Pittston Area High School\u2019s back parking, presented to seniors and juniors.<\/p>\n
A presentation by the law firm of Fellerman and Ceremboli was given to the students prior to the mock crash.<\/p>\n
The mock crash has been presented every other year since 2015, first organized by Pittston Area alum, Drew Malvizzi, and currently teaming up with his brother Marc.<\/p>\n
Drew is a firefighter with the City of Pittston, and Marc is with Plains Twp. and Jenkins Twp. Fire Dept.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2015, when I was a senior, I was a part of the Stand Tall Club when we brought it back,\u201d Drew Malvizzi said. \u201cThey had done it in years past, and it went dormant, so we brought it back, and when my brother Marc was a senior, he did it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pittston Area student actors created a scene in which two vehicles collided head-on with casualties and fatalities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a few kids that it gets too, and there are some in the crowd with tears rolling down their face,\u201d Malvizzi said. \u201cIt\u2019s all in the re-enactors making it look real, and he shows how serious this really is.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the mock crash, first responders assessed the scene once they arrived, tending to the injured and removing the deceased.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows how something like this could actually happen,\u201d Pittston Area senior Taylor Stephenson said.<\/p>\n
Classmate Mikalla Sarf agreed, \u201cIt\u2019s really scary that this could happen in real life, and you never know what can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pittston Area High School Principal Chris Lazevnick was taking in the mock car crash from the sidelines.<\/p>\n
He said the presentation prior to the mock car crash was very powerful, and when the subject came up of a youth from North Pocono who died two years ago, it got very serious for the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s real (mock car crash), they could connect to it, if they relate to it, or they know somebody, or they relate to the kid up the street in North Pocono, because they actually border our school,\u201d Lazevnick said. \u201cIt\u2019s always good to show them the reality and at least put it in their mind that this could still happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
First responders participating in the event were members of Pittston Twp. Police, Jenkins Twp. Police, Greater Pittston Regional Ambulance, Laflin Fire Dept., City of Pittston Fire Dept., and Jenkins Twp. Fire Dept.<\/p>\n
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