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HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER DISPATCHER ON TELEPHONE TAKING CALL FROM DISTRESSED MOTORIST INVOLVED IN CAR ACCIDENT.

ROOKIE PATROLMAN ASSIGNED A "COACH" TO "SHOW HIM THE ROPES" SOUND BYTE. MEETS SEASONED PATROLMAN PARTNER.
SHAKE HANDS. "GRAB YOUR HAT AND LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US" DISPATCHER WAVES GOODBYE

HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS GET INTO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL CAR. BUCKLE UP THEIR SEAT BELTS. SAFE DRIVING HABITS.

TWO BLACK MEN IN CAR. PASSENGER WORRIES ABOUT DRIVER BEING TOO TIRED TO DRIVE SAFELY. FROM STOP SIGN, CAR TURNS ONTO ROUTE 89. DRIVER ASKS PASSENGER TO ROLL UP THE WINDOW. TIRED DRIVER NODDING OFF. DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING. PASSENGER ASLEEP IN CAR.

PASSENGER LEANS FORWARD TO TURN ON CAR RADIO. CAR PASSES ROAD SIGN SPEED LIMIT 65 MPH. TRUCKS 55MPH.

DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP AND DRIVES INTO THE BACK OF BIG TRUCK PASSENGER WAKES UP IN TIME TO SEE BACK END OF TRUCK. WIDE EYED IN TERROR SHOUTS "LOOK OUT!". POV HITTING BACK OF TRUCK.

HIGHWAY PATROL ARRIVES AT SCENE OF FATAL CAR-TRUCK CRASH CAR TOTALLED. TOTALLY DEMOLISHED SMASHED INTO CRUSHED METAL. PEOPLE LOOK AT CAR. REAR-END COLLISION. PATROLMAN WRITES REPORT ON CLIP BOARD.
ROOKIE LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO THROW UP.

CU HOLE RIPPED INTO BACK OF TRUCK

HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER SHOWS MUFFLER RIPPED FROM CAR TO HIS PARTNER. BROKEN MUFFLER CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.
FUMES TRAVELED UP INTO CAR CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL ASLEEP. SOUND BYTE "WELL, THERE'S NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO HERE"

HIGHWAY PATROLMEN GET BACK IN CAR. SEASONED OFFICER SAYS "I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 10 YEARS AND HAVEN'T GOT USED TO IT YET" SOUND BYTE.

HIGHWAY PATROL CAR ON HIGHWAY. TURNS ON SIREN AND RACES TO ACCIDENT SCENE.

INJURED MAN LYING FACE DOWN IN THE GRASS COVERED IN A BLANKET.

INJURED MAN SCREAMS IN PAIN AS HE IS LIFTED ONTO STRETCHER. SHAKING VIOLENTLY IN SHOCK. CLENCHED FISTS

HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INSPECT CAR DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD. "IF HE'D BEEN WEARING SAFETY BELTS, HE'D NEVER BEEN THROWN FROM THAT CAR" SAFETY SOUND BYTE.

POLICE PATROL CAR ON HIGHWAY NIGHT PATROL. ENTER RICHLAND HOSPITAL PARKING LOT, PARK, WALK INTO HOSPITAL.

PATROLMAN PASS HOSPITAL ROOM WITH OPEN DOOR, LOOK IN ON WOMAN LYING IN HOSPITAL BED. OFFICER HAD FOUND HER PINNED IN HER CAR 2 YEARS AGO, BEEN PARALYZED SINCE.
PATROLMAN TALKS TO WOMAN "I FEEL NOTHING IN MY BODY ONLY IN MY MEMORY" RECALLS THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT STARTS CRYING AT THE PAINFUL MEMORY OF CAR CRASH

CAR SLOWLY PULLS ONTO HIGHWAY FROM REST AREA.
SPEEDING TRUCK ECU DRIVER'S EYES IN A TRANCE. POV APPROACHING CAR AT ALARMING SPEED. TRUCK DRIVER TRIES TO VEER OFF, TOO LATE CRASHES INTO BACK OF CAR. REAR-
END COLLISION. HIGHWAY ACCIDENT

HIGHWAY PATROL CAR ARRIVES AT SCENE ACCIDENT SCENE.
PEOPLE RUN TOWARD CAR. PATROLMAN RUNS

CU WRECKAGE. CAR CRUSHED UNDER TRUCK

HIGHWAY PATROL CAR ARRIVES AT HOUSE. RING DOORBELL, WOMAN ANSWERS THE DOOR. NOTIFYING FAMILY OF ACCIDENT.
TELL PARENTS THEIR DAUGHTER WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
NEXT-OF-KIN. PATROLMAN SAYS "THIS IS THE PART YOU HATE, THIS IS THE WORST" SOUND BYTE "I'M SORRY BUT THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT" HUSBAND PUTS ARM AROUND WIFE COMFORTING HIS WIFE. CU MOTHER'S WORRIED FACE AS SHE REALIZES HER DAUGHTER HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, CRIES OUT "OH MY GOD, NO!" BURIES HER FACE IN HUSBAND'S SHOULDER. HYSTERICAL MOTHER

1960s TEENS IN CAR, GIRL TELLS DRIVER HE'S GOING TOO FAST ON CURVY ROAD. DRIVER SAYS "RELAX, RELAX". POV IN CAR AS IT TAKES CURVE TOO FAST. GIRL BEGS "PLEASE SLOW DOWN YOU DON'T KNOW THIS ROAD" TEENS ON A JOY RIDE

HIGHWAY PATROL CAR IN THE MORNING. DUTY SHIFT OVER, GOING BACK TO HEADQUARTERS.

INJURED MAN WRITHES IN PAIN ON THE GROUND.

POV PASSENGER OF PATROL CAR.

POV DRIVING IN DESERTED TOWN. MAIN STREET USA. NO PEOPLE OR CARS. EERIE. POPULATION SAME NUMBER AS CAR FATALITIES, "IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD LOOK HOW IT WOULD BE" WITH NO PEOPLE TO POPULATE THE TOWN. DRIVING IN SMALL CITY.