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Shattered Dreams: shockingly real

by | Mar 30, 2017 | Latest

Murphy Police Officer Cynthia Tyndall performs a “field sobriety test” on “drunk driver” Tucker Ames following a “drunk driving accident” during a presentation of Shattered Dreams on Thursday, March 23 at McMillen High School. Theatre students performed in the “drunk driving” reenactment and Murphy PD and F-R helped facilitate the activities. (David Jenkins/Murphy Monitor)

 

By David Jenkins

Staff Writer

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Editors note: This article and photos are about the Shattered Dreams reenactment at McMillen High School. No students were harmed during the presentation.

Two mangled cars, blood, dead bodies and the sound of screams set the scene Thursday, March 23 for the presentation of Shattered Dreams at McMillen High School.

As students left their classes, ambulance and police sirens permeated the air as emergency service personnel rushed to a “drunk driving” accident involving six McMillen students.

For the full story see the March 30 issue and the e-Edition at https://www.etypeservices.com/Murphy%20MonitorID247/default.aspx

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