"Hero" teens steer bus to safety after driver has a heart attack
Two teenagers have worked together to steer a school bus to safety after the driver had a heart attack.
The pair were among 20 other students from Aquinas College, who were on board the bus yesterday afternoon when the 70-year-old driver had the medical episode.
A 15-year-old girl, not yet old enough to drive, and Daniel Knight, a year 12 student sprung to action to stop the bus.
"We were only going like five [kilometres an hour], 10 k's, so I was like I better just stop the bus before it gets any worse," Knight said.
"She opened the door up, she was calming everyone down."
Bennet Rogers, a student on the bus recalled the moment the incident happened.
"Us students on the bus, we didn't know what was happening and everyone was screaming," Rogers said.
"She had to steer the bus so we didn't crash into a building," he added.
Knight and the 15-year-old girl's actions have been commended by the school in a letter to their parents.
The bus driver remains in hospital and is recovering from surgery, and the principal has said that there would be an investigation into what happened.
Many are calling for the teen girl to be recognised with a bravery award, with Queensland Premier Steven Miles telling Nine News he would personally nominate her.
"She's a hero for that, definitely," another fellow student, Brodie Wilkinson, said.
"I really hope she gets an award or something."
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