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Fifteen-year-old saves day, gets detention
By The Associated Press
Published: 03/17/2008

CALIFORNIA — A 15-year-old girl who stopped an out-of-control school bus she was riding on was handed a Saturday detention instead because she was skipping school. Marina High School student Amanda Rouse was on a bus with 40 elementary school students Wednesday morning when the driver fell out of her seat after a turn and hit her head. Rouse jumped up and applied the brakes, bringing the bus to a halt after striking two parked cars. No one was injured.

She said she had asked the bus driver for a ride because she felt sick at school. "She is in trouble with school because she made the wrong decision," said Rouse's grandmother, Sally Correll. "But I can't help but believe that she was where God wanted her to


Comments:

  1. beatrice42 on 03/20/2008:

    i agree with the young girl grandmother is was for her to be there . why was the bus driver gaving her a ride home any way at school hours ?


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