Walnut Ridge High School Disaster Drill

Walnut Ridge High School hosted a disaster drill concerning drunken driving and a two vehicle automobile accident near the school's campus. Medic One Ambulance, Walnut Ridge Police Department, Walnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, Air Evac Lifeteam and the Lawrence County Coroner's Office participated in the drill. Following the outside action of extraditing patents from the vehicles with the Jaws of Life, each accident victim was evaluated and transported to the nearest medical centers according to their injuries the students viewed a slide show against drinking and driving. The Coroner's Office pronounced one student dead at the scene.