Students in the United States who safely stopped their school bus and treated the driver after he apparently suffered a heart attack have been praised by police.
Jeremy Wuitschick grabbed the wheel, steered the vehicle towards the kerb, pulled the key out of the ignition and started chest compressions after the driver slumped over and passed out.
The 13-year-old told King-TV: “I was just thinking ‘I don’t want to die’.” Another pupil, identified as Johnny Wood, hurried to help with the chest compressions, while others called the emergency services.
Police were quickly on the scene in the town of Milton, Washington, and the 12 students on board the bus were escorted off.
Deputy schools superintendent Jeff Short told The News Tribune newspaper the 43-year-old driver was in a “grave condition” in hospital. He added that students go over emergency procedures several times a year, learning what to do if a bus driver is incapacitated.
AP