"It was a really scary experience," said Charlie Ekstrom who played the unconscious girl in the car who later dies. Raw emotions surfaced in many aspects of the event. The accident scene and arrest were the first part of a two-day program for juniors and seniors called "The First 15 Minutes" designed to educate students about the dangers of bad choices while driving, but also a group of parents about the massive penalties that can occur when they provide alcohol or drugs to minors. The next day, a uniformed California Highway Patrol officer came to a classroom and placed the driver of one vehicle under arrest for drunk driving as wide-eyed students looked on. A male student in one car who was thrown through the windshield was pronounced dead at the scene while a girl in the other car was unconscious as firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut off the roof and a door to free her. The sound of sirens filled the air as San Diego firefighters and paramedics raced to the scene with police quickly blocking the street on either side of the horrific scene. in front of Point Loma High School as over 800 students looked on. Two students were killed and four others critically injured in a recent head-on crash on Chatsworth Blvd.
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