Bus Driver Praised for Seeking Help After Crash
The Greyhound driver whose neck was slashed by a passenger just before the bus crashed was hailed as a hero for crawling from the wreckage to search for help. But his brother said he “felt like he did what anybody else would do.”
Six of the 40 passengers, including the attacker, died when the bus crashed early Wednesday after Garfield Sands was slashed.
“From the side of my eye I seen a hand move toward me real quick and cut my throat,” Sands, 53, told WSMV-TV from his bed in the intensive care unit at the Medical Center of Manchester. Bandages could be seen on Sands’ throat.
Sands and 11 passengers were still hospitalized Thursday; two were in critical condition.
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