Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Students honored for spreading awareness about teen driving fatalities

Zero teen fatalities

COURTESY: Nevada Department of Public Safety

Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers Chelsea Stuenkel and Loy Hixson and Cox Media Local Sales Manager Todd Hutton present Spanish Springs High School student Zachary Carrubba-Redmond his school’s 3rd Place check at the Zero teen Fatalities Recognition & Awards Banquet on April 18, 2015.

Nevada schools and students that participated in a state driving safety program took home nearly $14,000 for their efforts earlier this month.

Three high schools and three students received cash prizes for their involvement in the Nevada Department of Public Safety's Zero Teen Fatalities program. The winners were chosen based on the work they did in spreading awareness about the high number of teen driving fatalities.

First place Earl Wooster High School received $5,000, while Shadow Ridge HS and Spanish Springs HS earned $3,000 and $2,000 respectively.

Wooster student Kassandra Torres received a first place prize of $1000, with Shadow Ridge student Ally LaVoie receiving $500 and Mojave HS student getting $250.

Advisers from Wooster and Shadow Ridge also brought home $1000 for each of their schools.

Like the NDPS' larger Zero Fatalities initiative, the teen program seeks to reduce the number of teen driving fatalities in Nevada, which was 38 in 2014. Nationally, teens are only a fraction of the driving population but represent over 18 percent of the fatalities, according to the NDPS.

The winners were announced Apr. 18 at an event at GameWorks Las Vegas. Prizes were sponsored by Cox Media, Colonial Life, GameWorks and Greenspun Media Group.

Law enforcement members from the Nevada Highway Patrol and CCSD Police were also honored for their participation.

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