Bravery Award * Australia - Laura, 16, averts disaster
A 16-year-old girl has averted disaster for a busload of school children and passengers
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Scott Casey & Shannon Molloy -March 30, 2007: -- She leapt up and grabbed the steering wheel. He had his foot hard on the accelerator, they were heading towards the bush and she yelled at him to get his foot off the accelerator. He came to and lifted it off but she was steering the bus... A 16-year-old girl has averted disaster for a busload of school children and passengers when the bus they were travelling on careered off the road just past Muckadilla in South-West Queensland... Laura Simpson grabbed the wheel and turned the coach back onto the road after the driver collapsed, around 3am... A statement from police said the bus ran into a dry creek bed and hit a sign post before narrowly missing a concrete drain... A spokesperson for Roma Police Station who were the first on the scene have said that Laura will be nominated for a bravery medal... She also arranged an ambulance, a replacement bus driver and helped look after the 37 other passengers on board - many of them schoolchildren... (Picture: Laura Simpson ... quick thinking saved the day)Labels: heros
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