From staff reports
The dangers of impaired or distracted driving hit home at Cranberry High School on Friday, as a senior shared her experiences of two such accidents in which she was involved.
Grace Ecklund, the keynote speaker during a Safe Driver Campaign assembly, showed photographs from the accidents, and told the gathering how her life was affected by both an impaired and a distracted driver.
Nine months later, Ecklund said, she was the passenger in a car driven by her boyfriend when she said a vehicle operated by a distracted driver caused a crash. She said the vehicle in which she was traveling ended up on its roof.
The assembly was held hours before the school held its prom.
As for Ecklund, she said she no longer desires to drive as a result of her experiences.
