METROPOLIS (WSIL) -- It's unclear when most schools will be back in session, but that's not stopping local law enforcement from educating young people about the dangers of driving impaired.
Instead of having their usual mock teen drinking and driving event earlier this school year at Joppa High School, Massac County Sheriff Chad Kaylor wanted to do something a little different.
"This year, we decided that why don't we try to film it and be able to put something out there, give it to our local drug coalitions, show it to our high school kids, and that's when we decided to go with Dylan Street to do that," he said.
Dylan Street, who says he's a former addict, wanted to use his past experiences and film skills to send a message to teenagers.
"My goal is to not only pull drug addicts out of addiction, but also keep the young people that haven't quite made it down that road, or they've just started tip-toeing in it since high school, is to lead them down the right path," he said.
Street wants to keep the conversation going about the consequences of teen drinking and driving.
"It not just affects them, it affects their family, it affects their friends. Unfortunately, I have responded to several traffic crashes involving teens, and many of those did involve deaths," said Kaylor.
Kaylor says the community response has been positive.
"They get into the reality of it, about halfway through, they started realizing that this can be serious," he said.
Street hopes those two minutes and twenty-eight seconds will change lives.
"If we can move at least just one kid, if they see that, and they decide to make the right choice, go the opposite way, it'd be worth it," he said.
Sheriff Kaylor says he's working on more videos involving smoking and vaping abuse.
You can find the full teen drinking video .
