St. Paul bystander stops a rolling school bus after driver's medical emergency
On Monday afternoon in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff neighborhood, bystander Ebro Ahmed jumped onto a slowly rolling school bus with its door open after the driver appeared to have a medical emergency. He put the bus in neutral and set the parking brake. No students were hurt. St. Paul Public Schools said the driver was later released from the hospital and is resting at home. Ahmed received a $1,000 award on Thursday.
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Why it matters
Students on the bus were not hurt, and the driver was released from the hospital and is resting at home, according to St. Paul Public Schools. The account shows how a quick response by a bystander kept a medical emergency on a school bus from becoming something worse.
Sources
- MPR News: St. Paul man saves runaway school bus of kids, gets $1,000 reward
- FOX 9: St. Paul man stops runaway school bus with students on board
- KSTP: Good Samaritan gets $1K gift after hopping on moving school bus
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