 High schools in Hubbard County came together today to learn the impacts of distracted driving and drunk driving. Our own Cheryl Moore shares the message for this week's cold and apple. It was made to look and feel as realistic as possible. The mock car crash held at Park Rabbits High School told the story about how one bad decision can change a life forever. Mock car crash is the exactly what it sounds like. It's a fake car crash, but to set up to educate people with actors, rule players. And then the first responders come in and make it all happen. Multiple agencies participated in the demonstration today. After the mock car crash, the students piled into the gym for some games and prizes. There was also a powerful message from a speaker who told his personal story of how his brother was killed after he was struck by a drunk driver in 1994. My brother never got to marry his high school sweetheart like I did. Most importantly, my brother never got to sit in the gymnasium and hear a powerful message like you just distracted driving is a problem and the Minnesota State Patrol has been fantastic at giving out as much information as they can. I was invited here to give an impactful speech, but today it was about the students three high schools, including Park Rapids, Nevis and LaPorte all came out to hear the message today. That's equal to about 550 kids at the end of the presentation. They were all encouraged to sign their poster and take the pledge to never get distracted behind the wheel. These kids are pledging to not text and drive, to not drive distracted, to not drink and drive, and to make good decisions. So that's that's why we're here. And those who are involved feel the kids got the message loud and clear. When we talk about fatal crashes we call it the fatal four. What results in those types of crashes and that's usually alcohol, distracted driving, unsafe speeds and lack of seat values. I mean we target just those four things and we can keep bringing that up to them again and hopefully can really focus on that to make make the changes and get the education, the information out there so again when they get in that vehicle whether they're driving or passenger that they do the right thing or they speak up and do the right thing. Reporting in Park Rapids with this week's Golden Apple, Sheryl Moore, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.