"Every 15 Minutes" Teaser

A teaser for the film "Every 15 Minutes" put together by students from Mt. Lebanon High School has been released on YouTube. If the teaser is any indication of the final product, it's going to be a very good film.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqlsKDkZMg

Fictional Accident Tries To Teach Facts

It was a horrific crash scene. There were four bloody teens in a Nissan Sentra that was wrapped around a telephone pole on a neighborhood street in Mt. Lebanon. The driver, who had been drinking before taking the wheel, stumbled out of the car and cried for help.

A short time later, police, firefighters and paramedics arrived and quickly got to work. Two of the teens were cut out of the car with equipment brought by the firefighters and loaded into ambulances.

A male passenger didn't survive and was zipped into a body bag loaded into an Allegheny County Medical Examiner's van and taken away. "This is the worst thing ever. It's exactly what we don't want to see," said Mt. Lebanon Crime Prevention Officer Michael Riemer.

Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08052/858995-55.stm

Link 2: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_553385.html

MLHS Students To Simulate Fatal Crash

The flashing lights, mangled cars and scenes of destruction people might see on a Mt. Lebanon street tonight will be fake.

Mt. Lebanon High School students are simulating a fatal car crash scene from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a movie they are filming about the dangers of drunken driving, the school district announced.

Police officers, firefighters, paramedics and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office will participate in the shoot at the corner of Academy and Summer places.

Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_552752.html

Firefighters Suffer Heat Exhaustion In Mt. Lebanon

Two firefighters were taken to St. Clair Hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion Sunday night after a three-alarm house fire in the 400 block of Longridge Drive in Mt. Lebanon.

Mt. Lebanon fire Chief Nick Sohyda said a fire that began in the basement of the unoccupied home had a good head start before it was reported to authorities at 6:11 p.m. The injured firefighters were with Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_531549.html