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29. 05. 09. - 15:00

School officials prevent potentially-disastrous traffic accident

A female teacher and a male school director prevented a potentially-disastrous traffic accident this morning (Fri) by stopping a school bus after the driver became incapacitated.

The driver of the bus carrying 30 students and the two school officials from Wels, Upper Austria suffered an epileptic fit on the western motorway (A1) near Thalgau in Salzburg’s Flachgau while headed in the direction of Salzburg city at around 9:20 this morning.

The driver could thereafter no longer steer the bus, which veered into the left lane and grazed a guardrail.

The two school officials, who had observed what had happened, immediately went forward and grabbed the bus’ steering wheel. They succeeded in manoeuvring the bus onto the motorway’s shoulder and bringing it to a stop.

Police said no one had been injured. The driver received medical assistance.

Austrian Times

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