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Media is invited to cover an interactive event to launch a new campaign designed to make distracted driving as socially unacceptable as driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. WHO: AAA Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety and Education Governor John Carney Delaware State Police Distracted Driving Advocates, including Laurie Wapniarek, whose father lost his life to a distracted driver, and recording artist Nadja Nicole, who, along with her husband, was hit head-on by a distracted driver WHAT: will speak to more than 250 high school students about AAA’s new “Don’t Drive Intoxicated – Don’t Drive Intexticated” campaign, created to make distracted driving socially unacceptable WHEN: Monday, April 15, 2019 Presentation begins at 10:00 AM WHERE: Middletown High School 120 Silver Lake Road, Middletown, DE 19709 WHY: Distracted driving kills an average of nine people and injures 1,000 each day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is the third leading driver-related cause of crash fatalities behind speeding and driving under the influence.