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Every 15 Minutes program travels to Southridge High School

Tri-City Herald
Southridge High School senior Gwyneth Hiemstra, center, is led off stage by two grim reapers Friday during a skit performed as part of the Every 15 Minutes program at the school. The program has been held at area schools for more than two decades to serve as a warning about the dangers of drinking and driving. When the program was started in the early 1990s someone died in an alcohol-related car accident every 15 minutes. That statistic is now one death every 53 minutes.
Southridge High School senior Gwyneth Hiemstra, center, is led off stage by two grim reapers Friday during a skit performed as part of the Every 15 Minutes program at the school. The program has been held at area schools for more than two decades to serve as a warning about the dangers of drinking and driving. When the program was started in the early 1990s someone died in an alcohol-related car accident every 15 minutes. That statistic is now one death every 53 minutes. Sarah Gordon Tri-City Herald

Southridge High School senior Gwyneth Hiemstra, center, is led off the stage by two grim reapers Friday during a skit performed as part of the Every 15 Minutes program at the school.

The program has been held at area schools for more than two decades as a warning about the dangers of drinking and driving.

When the program was started in the early 1990s, someone died in an alcohol-related car accident every 15 minutes. That statistic is now one death every 53 minutes.

This story was originally published March 11, 2016 at 6:08 PM with the headline "Every 15 Minutes program travels to Southridge High School."

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