A car crash ... a severly injured driver on a deserted rural road -- a bleak picture? Automatically, the crashed vehicle transmits data from the scene -- location, crash impact and injury information -- to law enforcement and emergency medical personnel who immediately respond with help.

EVENT
Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota State Patrol and Veridian Corporation invite you to a news conference and demonstration of Mayday Plus --- a futuristic automobile crash notification system that employs GPS, cellular communications and crash sensors. A Mayday Plus system operational test is currently underway in southeastern Minnesota involving more than 200 vehicles driven by volunteers from Mayday Plus developers and the public.

DATE:
Tuesday, November 9, 1999

TIME:
News conference 11 a.m. CST, Demonstrations at 11:30 a.m. CST (Allow two hours for demonstration, which includes equipment at both State Patrol and Mayo Clinic communications centers).

PLACE:
Mn/DOT � Minnesota State Patrol, Rochester Facility Garage, 2900 48th St. NW, Rochester, Minnesota (tel. 507-285-7406)

SPEAKERS:
Mayo Clinic: Dr. Scott Zietlow
Minnesota State Patrol: Col. Anne Beers
Mn/DOT Assistant Deputy Commissioner: Pat Hughes
Veridian Corporation Vice President: Ed Starsoliec

MISC.
B-Roll and high-quality animation will be available.

CONTACTS:
Tom Huyck, Mayo Clinic (public health) 507-284-5005
Betsy DiSalvo, Mn/DOT (project) 651-296-8602
Cathy Clark, DPS (law enforcement) 651-296-8383
Doug Funke, Veridian (technical) 716/631-6938