Student Helps Save 10 as Bus Goes in Creek
OTTAWA, Kan. — A school bus rolled into a creek Wednesday, killing the driver and critically injuring an 8-year-old boy, but a high school sophomore helped lead 10 other students to safety through the emergency door, officials said.
The Wellsville School District bus ran off a muddy dirt road into Walnut Creek, investigators said. They said the front end went into the water and 11 passengers escaped out the rear before the bus rolled the rest of the way in, trapping the driver.
Sheriff’s deputies credited Bill Raley, a sophomore from rural Wellsville, with leading younger children out of the bus.
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