Sudden Impact: After The Crash

Drunken driving crashes: they happen every day, and when they do, the reporting on the nightly news goes something like this, “One dead, five injured in a car crash. Drunken driving suspected.” This program, narrated by Tom Brokaw, goes behind the scenes of one such accident and describes what happens over the course of a year after the crash. What is the emotional toll? What are the financial costs? This program reveals that the accident itself is just the beginning of an ever expanding series of events that affects far more than the original car crash. Produced by NBC News Productions.

Target Audience: Grades 7–12, Adults

Time: 43 minutes

Includes: DVD and Teacher’s Guide