Boy, 10, Saves Riders of Runaway School Bus
<i> Associated Press</i>
ST. LOUIS —
Larry Champagne III’s classmates chanted, “Larry saved our lives. Larry saved our lives,” after the 10-year-old took the wheel of a runaway school bus from a driver who had collapsed from an apparent stroke.
The fifth-grader stomped on the brake and brought the bus to a stop Tuesday after it had crashed into two guardrails and was hit by a pickup truck.
The bus was taking about 20 students to school when the driver, Ernestine Blackman, was stricken.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
