Shattered Lives program leaves Oak Ridge students and community shaken but enlightened to irresponsible driving

OAK RIDGE NORTH, Texas - The City of Oak Ridge North was shattered when the news that some of the local high school students were killed due to a drunk driver. Fortunately it was just a reenactment, but a very realistic depiction of what could happen, and unfortunately there are too many instances when it does happen.

To demonstrate to students the devastation that unsafe driving has on a community, the Shattered Lives program portrayed the gravity of the situation all too realistically April 7 and 8, at Oak Ridge High School. Students acted out the drama with the participation of almost every first responder organization in the county which included the Oak Ridge North Police Department, the Constable’s Office of Precinct 3, Emergency Medical Services from the Montgomery County Hospital District, the Emergency room staff from Memorial Hermann Hospital - The Woodlands, Needham Fire Department from the, Montgomery County Emergency Services District No. 4, Shenandoah Police Department, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department.

“I know it was a mock setting but when the Police Officer said I needed to say goodbye to my daughter, my emotions began to spill over,” said Kim LeJeune, when notified that her daughter, Naomi, had died in an auto accident.

For seventeen years Shattered Lives of Montgomery County has rotated the program annually around the county to the high schools in an poignant effort to educate students, as they approach driving-eligibility age, of the horrors of driving inattentively, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The program has already been at Montgomery High School this year in March, and is slated to be at Caney Creek High School April 28-29, and then at Magnolia West May 19-20. For more information visit the Shattered Lives website at www.shatteredlivesmc.com. The cost of presenting the program comes at a cost. The community can help by making donations or hosting fundraisers to ensure that this essential program is made available annually to the Montgomery County high schools. To donate visit Shattered Lives.

The cost of each presentation—approximately $10,000.

The cost of saving just one student’s life—priceless.

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