A photo of a young adult’s badly burned body, still in his car, is unsettling.

He’s dead.

It was part of a program, “Think Again,” presented over two days by Pete Wilson and Ryan Anderson of Eastside Fire and Rescue, to all sophomores at Issaquah High School. They started the program by passing out very graphic photos of real-life auto accidents with dead victims. They’ve had kids pass out from the photos before.

“These are real people, real accidents,” Wilson said.

The program is aimed at sophomores because they are the newly minted drivers. “Think Again” takes aim at distracted, drunk or drugged driving, not wearing seat belts and the consequences.

“The goal is to impact you just enough so when you make a decision it’s the right one,” Wilson said.

The statistics are staggering. Every 32 minutes someone in the U.S. dies in an alcohol related crash. The No. 1 killer of kids in King County is car accidents. Fifty-five percent of teen car crashes are on the weekend. In 2012, 27 people died daily because of drinking and driving in the U.S. And one-in-five teens binge drink even though only one out of 100 parents believe their kid binge drinks.

“Think Again” started in 1998. A 16-year-old left a party after drinking. He was driving 90 mph on a residential street before wrapping the car around a tree. He died at the scene, but his 15-year-old girlfriend survived. It took three hours for first responders to cut her free from the car. She spent a month at Harborview. Wilson was at that party, and the boy was his friend.

“Going to a funeral when you’re 16 is not fun,” he told the kids.

Binge drinking, or consuming four to five drinks in an hour, can shut down your organs. When first responders arrive and find a passed out binge drinker they have to intubate immediately so the person can breathe. The message: alcohol poisoning can kill you.

Distracted driving includes eating, talking to a passenger, texting, reading a text or drinking any beverage. Anderson said at 55 mph, taking your eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds, can be disastrous because you’ve driven the length of a football field and don’t even know it.

Not wearing seat belts is another common teen problem. The seatbelt protects your head and spinal cord. In accidents that involve a passenger being thrown from the vehicle, 64 percent of the time it’s because the person was not wearing a seatbelt. Airbags are supplementary because if your seatbelt isn’t on, the airbag can throw you into the back seat.

To end the program, Anderson and Wilson, with the help of a few student volunteers, set up a scenario. A party starts at one kid’s house, because mom and dad are out of town. The host ends up with alcohol poisoning and is vomiting in the bathroom. Someone calls 911, as the other guests flee.

“Why do you think the police come?” asked Wilson. “Because they don’t want you driving away drunk.”

Meanwhile, the first responders are busy stabilizing the host. Wilson and Anderson brought all the tricks of the trade. A tube to pump the stomach, needles to start an IV, scissors to cut off the victim’s clothing so they can check for injuries. A mask to breathe. Another tube that goes up your nose. Then they take you to Harborview, either by car or helicopter, which they call the “zoo.”

At this point the students looked pretty somber.

“It’s not just about you being hurt — it’s about your friends, family and other people who don’t get emergency services because all our resources are with you,” Anderson said.

Issaquah High School sophomores look at some very graphic photos of victims of car accidents as a result of distracted or drunk driving.