BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – No one was injured after a teen driving under the influence crashed their car near a Bellingham Elementary School.

Bellingham Police said in a Facebook post that the driver smashed into garden planters across the street from Columbia Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon, March 26.

The crash occurred roughly 20 minutes after school let out for the day.

BPD is urging parents to use this accident to talk to their kids about driver safety and sobriety, adding that property can be replaced but lives cannot.