Sheldon hosts mock wreck

With a broken fermur and a punctured carotid artery, this "victim" was pronounced dead at the scene.

One of the victims was ejected out of the sun roof of the car. She later died in the hospital.

The driver of the vehicle on the left failed to yield at the intersection and struck the vehicle on the right.

The drive of this vehicle had been drinking. The girl ejected through the sun roof fied at the hospital. The back seat passenger who was wearing a seat belt walk away with minor injuries.

A passer-by calls 911 as the mother of one of the victims tries to wake her daughter.

The impaired driver leans against the car as a passer-by checks on the back seat passenger. The victim on the ground was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim on the hood of the car died later at the hospital.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Jim Wilde was the first emergency responder to arrive.

Sheldon Engine 1 arrives at the crash site.

Sheldon Fire Department Capt. Josh Jeffries checks on one of the victims.

Partially ejected from the car, first responders must be careful not to cause further spinal cord injury when removing the victim from the wreck.

Secured to a long spine board and fitted with a cervical collar to prevent further spinal cord injury, a victim is moved to an ambulance cot.

The passer-by who called 911 and a victims mother console each other.

Personnel from the Vernon County Coroner's office arrive to remove the remains of the victim that died at the scene.

One of the victims is moved to a waiting helicopter to be flown to a trauma center for surgery. One of the goals of transporting victims by helicopter is speed. Victim survival rates increase if they can be transported to a trauma center and a waiting surgeon within one hour of the incident occuring. In rural areas, this is a challenge because it can be a long time between the wreck occuring and emergency services being called to the scene. Even if the crash is witnessed, or an occupant calls 911, it can take twenty minutes or more to get first responders to the scene.

Although strapped to a back board and being transported to the hospital, MSHP Cpl. Wilde places the impaired driver under arrest for manslaughter.

MSHP Cpl. Wilde was the first to talk to the students following the demonstration. He talked about the mechanics of a vehicle wreck, and his experiences as a trooper over the past 22 years.