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Oakes Police Department is hosting a display created from the destroyed car of a North Dakota family killed in an alcohol-related crash.

The display is intended to give drivers a first-hand look at the tragic result of drunken driving. It will be available for public viewing on Tuesday May 13 in the south parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. At 2 p.m., Lynn Mickelson will be speaking in the south gym followed by two other speakers.

Mickelson’s daughter, Allison Deutscher along with her husband Aaron, their 18-month-old daughter Brielle, and an unborn child were killed July 6, 2012, just west of Jamestown on Interstate 94. The drunk driver, who was heading the wrong way on I-94 at the time, was also killed in the crash.

Relatives of the family donated the family’s wrecked car to the Safe Communities Coalition of the Red River Valley for educational purposes. In addition to the car, photos and information on the family and their lives help tell the story of the preventable tragedy.

Law enforcement agencies across North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota are able to reserve the display for appropriate events in their service regions, which was made possible by a donation from AAA clubs in North Dakota and Minnesota.