Students at Dr. Charles Best secondary school in Coquitlam celebrated Road Safety Awareness Day on Tuesday with a bang - albeit a fake one.
A mock car crash was set up on Como Lake Avenue in front of the school in order to give the several hundred students who witnessed the event an idea of what a real emergency looks like.
Drama students covered in fake blood were sprawled out across the road before emergency crews attended the scene, shortly after 10 a.m.
"Always at this time of year, our thoughts turn to the safety and well-being of our students, especially our graduates," said Best principal Mary O'Neill. "We decided to host this vivid demonstration in order to bring home to our Best community the importance of safe and responsible behaviour while driving."
Car crashes still lead the way in preventable causes of death among young people and Coquitlam RCMP said the purpose of this year's mock crash is to raise awareness.
