|
Subscribe!
770-267-8371
|
|
Thursday
September 2, 2010
|
|
|
|
Marketplace
|
|
Sections
|
|
Service Center
|
|
 |
|
Accident victim shares story
Published October 23, 2009
Loganville Middle School students got an opportunity Thursday to see first-hand the often devastating consequences of irresponsible decisions.
In honor of Red Ribbon Week, The Alcove and the Partnership for Family, Children and Youth of Walton County teamed up to bring well-known speaker Eric Krug to speak to students about the dangers of driving under the influence and other life changing decisions.
Since being involved in a drinking and driving arrest on his 21st birthday and can no longer walk on his own or talk,” said Emily Russell youth development coordinator for the Partnership. “His mother delivers his speech for him and it is a fantastic presentation.”
On April 11, 1997, then 21-year old Krug, of Snellville, got into a car driven by his friend’s girlfriend instead of calling a cab as had been their intention. The girlfriend had been drinking and just a few hundred yards away from their intended destination, the driver ran off the road and into a tree.
The friend died and although Krug survived, he was critically injured. His right arm was severed, his neck was broken, and his skull was fractured in two places, damaging each of the lobes of his brain. His arm was re-attached and against all odds Krug survived, although his life is very different than how it would have been had he not made that choice.
Krug, with the help of his mother, travels around speaking to students with the hope of using his circumstances to steer them away from making the same mistake he did.
Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program, reaching millions during the last week of October every year. By wearing red ribbons and participating in community anti-drug events, young people pledge to live a drug-free life.
The program will be offered at Walnut Grove High School next month.
Share |
Save |
Mail |
Print
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
