Police praise Wisconsin students for prank that was illusion

"You had everyone a little nervous this morning!"

This photo taken Wednesday, May 16, 2018, and provided by Ritchie Narges, shows what looks to be a car that crashed into the principal's office at Cumberland High School in Cumberland, Wis., but is actually an illusion created for a senior class prank. The Associated Press

By Associated Press

May 16, 2018

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CUMBERLAND, Wis. (AP) — Police had praise for students who created an illusion for a senior class prank that appeared to show a car crashed into the principal’s office.

Students at Cumberland High School in Wisconsin used a junk car, some bricks, some tape and a black tarp to make it look like the car had crashed into their school.

Police arrived on the scene only to realize it wasn’t really a wreck. The Cumberland Police Department wrote on Facebook that it was “one of the best senior pranks.”

https://www.facebook.com/cumberlandsd/posts/1064723560361619

The school district also congratulated the students for their ingenuity.

Cumberland is about 90 miles (144 kilometers) northeast of Minneapolis.