MINOT, ND ( KXNET ) — In order to teach kids about the dangers of drunk driving, a demonstration was held showing kids what could happen if you drink and drive.

A note to everyone watching: no one in the video is actually injured, it was all a mock demonstration.

On Thursday, Minot High School leaders, along with people from other local agencies, were raising awareness about the impacts of driving drunk, out at the Duane Carlson Stadium parking lot.

The set up: a Camry had just t-boned a Ford truck, but although this scenario was fake, the first responders there were all real, showing exactly how they respond to calls like this.

They even included a mock 911 call reporting the crash to dispatch.

“It’s one of those things where we see it every day, right? Car accidents. Whether it’s distracted driving, drunk driving, on the cell phone doing whatever. Any given day we have got a couple of car accidents in town that are minor fender benders to major rollovers on the highway,” said Luke Zabka, Chief Paramedic at Trinity Health First Response Ambulance. “Most of them are preventable if somebody is paying attention to what they are doing.”

Volunteers played the people hurt in the crash. While some pretended to be seriously injured, others had to be rescued, showing all angles of a crash.

Firefighters were also on hand, using the jaws of life to open one of the doors in the crash.

Organizers say they made sure to use every first responding agency, showing what their part is in these situations, and how they all work together to save lives.

“I think it will be interesting to learn what first responders do and how it looks right away at a crash,” said a volunteer and student at Minot High.

Homecoming for Minot High is Friday, which is why they wanted to raise extra awareness.

Zabka hopes kids learned that it only takes a few seconds to change your life or someone else’s, forever.

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