MADD and DaimlerChrysler Present After the Crash: 10 Lives Shattered by Teen Drinking and Driving

  *  Unveil photo exhibit featuring stirring images of lives changed forever
  *  National education campaign traveling to 10 cities across the country
     this fall
  *  Media briefing scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, at DaimlerChrysler
     Tech Center

WHAT: Did you know traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens and nearly one-third of teen traffic deaths are alcohol related?

In an effort to educate teens and their parents on the dangers of underage drinking and driving, Glynn Birch, National President - Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Eric Ridenour, Chief Operating Officer - Chrysler Group, will unveil After the Crash, a collaborative photo exhibit depicting the lives of 10 families changed forever by underage drinking and driving as well as the ongoing and critical need for MADD's free victim services.

The exhibit, featuring the photography of Pulitzer and Fulbright finalist Jeffrey Lamont Brown, will travel to 10 cities this fall. The first tour stop will be at Oakland Mall in Troy, Mich., Sept. 1 - 3, 2006.

  WHO:  DaimlerChrysler
        Eric Ridenour, Chief Operating Officer - Chrysler Group
        Deborah Morrissett, Vice President Regulatory Affairs

        Mothers Against Drunk Driving
        Glynn Birch, National President
        Representatives from metro Detroit MADD chapters

        Photo Exhibit Subjects
        Jan Withers, survivor and MADD advocate
        Stephanie Collings, survivor

  WHEN:  Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006
         Light breakfast available beginning at 8:45 a.m.
         Media briefing begins at 9:15 a.m.

  WHERE: DaimlerChrysler Tech Center
         Level One Tech Plaza
         800 Chrysler Dr.
         Auburn Hills, MI 48236

For parking, follow signs to Level C - Underground Visitor Parking and enter building through the DaimlerChrysler Tech Center Lobby on Level 2.