Wheat Ridge High School students got a very sad and graphic reminder Thursday about the dangers of drinking and driving.
Their classmate -- 18-year-old Jordan Sprouse -- was hit and killed by a drunk driver almost one year ago.
"To get this news was overwhelming beyond what you would expect from a parent," Jordan's father, Jamie Sprouse, told 7NEWS photojournalist Brad Bogott.
Jordan's father and friends mourned the loss of Jordan, who was killed in a 3-car crash caused by the drunk driver on the night of May 2, 2014.
On Thursday, students at Wheat Ridge High School listened to 911 recordings from that night.
"And 2017 do you need another ambulance?" the dispatcher asks.
"This is most likely going to be a fatal," the officer replies.
"It made it so much real to hear the actual dispatch call," one male student said.
And to see the wrecked red car that Jordan was driving that night on display at the school
"Seeing that this, this is what can come out of it is just, it's not right," a teen girl said.
"I saw those reactions, like 'Oh my gosh, this is a real thing and this is the real car," said Lisa Berens, a school counselor.
She and the Wheat Ridge Police Department brought the car to school in hopes of reminding the students how fragile life can be.
Some teens were wiping away tears.
"We want to get to their brain and make them start thinking about the choices they are making. But sometimes it's easier to do that by going through their heart," Berens said.
"It just makes things a lot more real for everybody," one girl said.
Said another student, "You never want to get a phone call saying that you're friend from high died.
"Just one night, one decision can change your whole life," a girl said.
Their classmate -- 18-year-old Jordan Sprouse -- was hit and killed by a drunk driver almost one year ago.
"To get this news was overwhelming beyond what you would expect from a parent," Jordan's father, Jamie Sprouse, told 7NEWS photojournalist Brad Bogott.
Jordan's father and friends mourned the loss of Jordan, who was killed in a 3-car crash caused by the drunk driver on the night of May 2, 2014.
On Thursday, students at Wheat Ridge High School listened to 911 recordings from that night.
"And 2017 do you need another ambulance?" the dispatcher asks.
"This is most likely going to be a fatal," the officer replies.
"It made it so much real to hear the actual dispatch call," one male student said.
And to see the wrecked red car that Jordan was driving that night on display at the school
"Seeing that this, this is what can come out of it is just, it's not right," a teen girl said.
"I saw those reactions, like 'Oh my gosh, this is a real thing and this is the real car," said Lisa Berens, a school counselor.
She and the Wheat Ridge Police Department brought the car to school in hopes of reminding the students how fragile life can be.
Some teens were wiping away tears.
"We want to get to their brain and make them start thinking about the choices they are making. But sometimes it's easier to do that by going through their heart," Berens said.
"It just makes things a lot more real for everybody," one girl said.
Said another student, "You never want to get a phone call saying that you're friend from high died.
"Just one night, one decision can change your whole life," a girl said.
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