Wisconsin school fakes deaths of four students as a drunk driving 'drill'

Administrators at a Wisconsin high school sparked outrage when they announced that four specific students had been killed by a drunk driver, only to reveal later that it was just a "drill about safe-driving techniques." After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance on a regular school morning, students at Brodhead High School were informed of their classmates' deaths.

Many students burst into tears upon hearing the announcement, The Washington Post reports. "It's a ­really small school," one student said. "Most of the people really knew who they were."

The four students named were instructed not to respond to any texts that morning. Officials later apologized for causing "any undue stress."

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