Fayette County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Paul Zapalac (left) conducts an inquest, resulting in the death pronouncements for the two ejected accident victims. Assisting him at the mock scene were Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department First Assistant Chief Drew Brossmann (center) and Fayette County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Rick Bohlmann (right). Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
SVFD personnel assist EMS in carrying one of the injured teens to the ambulance for transport to the hospital. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Blake Helms is handcuffed by a DPS trooper after failing a field sobriety test. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
EMS personnel check on an injured teen trapped inside one of the vehicles. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Bryan and Clayton Klesel (right) of Schwenke-Baumgarten Funeral Home, with the help of SVFD personnel, place the “deceased” body of Jamison Bennett in a body bag for transport to the funeral home. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Firefighter work to extricate one of the accident victims. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Two Schulenburg High School teens lost their lives and three others were hospitalized in a two-vehicle “accident” on Monday, Feb. 12.
First responders staged the scene as part of a “Shattered Dreams” program to show the SHS students the consequences of distracted driving. Spearheaded by the Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department, the mock wreck “occurred” at the intersection of College Street and Ly…
