Bus Driver, Dying at the Wheel, Keeps Safety Record Alive

A bus driver who had logged more than 2 million accident-free miles managed to pull his bus into an interstate rest area before dying of a heart attack, his supervisor said.

Jim Sneed, 59, of Springfield, was driving a Greyhound bus with 44 passengers on board Sunday on Interstate 44 near Claremore, Okla., when he experienced chest pains. A retired bus driver who was on the bus volunteered to drive it and take Sneed to the nearest hospital, said Alan Smith, driver supervisor for Greyhound-Trailways Bus Lines in St. Louis.

“He told him, ‘No, I’ve got to get it off the highway myself,’ ” Smith said.