Responsible driving is a priority at Middleton High School
Friday morning; Senator Dolores Gresham, Mayor Jimmy Sain, Police Chief Lynn Webb, Officer Woods and Officer Matthew Maness were all doing their best to impress upon the students of Middleton High School how making responsible driving decisions is important to everyone around them.
Middleton Police Chief Lynn Webb opened the event by introducing officer Woods, who then related the story of June 25, 2013.
Woods explained, ‘I got a call my baby sister was involved in an accident. I asked how bad is it?” Officer Woods would be held in suspense until later when Sheriff John Doolen “told me my baby sister was killed in a head on collision with a drunk driver”
Woods gazed out at the gym full of Middleton students
“The only question in my mind was; Why?” Officer Woods said “What I’m saying here is-students, don’t let it be you, don’t let you be (why)”
Officer Maness was next invited to speak about a night back when he was in high school.
“I know prom is coming up. I remember once being excited about prom. Then my big brother, who is six years older than me, left for Jackson one night. He had this really nice Trans Am and was driving it home after having a six pack. He met a Highway Patrol car who turned on his blue lights and my brother decided to try and lose him by turning down a back road. My brother had a wreck that night, and that nice Trans Am was about two feet tall. He was in a coma for six months before he woke up and he now has permanent brain damage.”
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