Source: ABC News via GMA
A bus driver is speaking out after getting hit by a piece of flying metal while on the job.
Stewart O’Leary, a Washington state bus driver, was struck by a piece of metal while he was driving a school bus at more than 60 mph along Interstate 405 last Friday.
“I’m glad it was me, not them, any of my passengers,” O’Leary told Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO.
“I kept the girls safe. That’s what the job of a bus driver is — transporting students safely — and I did that,” he said.
The piece of metal tore through the bus’ windshield before it struck O’Leary in the chest.
But despite the sudden pain, O’Leary kept his cool behind the wheel and two of the team’s coaches rushed over to assist O’Leary when they heard him yell.
Coach Calvin McHenry, the head basketball coach, also jumped into action.
“I grabbed the wheel ’cause he was grabbing his heart, his chest a little bit,” McHenry said.
The cracked windshield is now on display at the school district’s bus office and O’Leary was given the flying piece of metal, which he said he plans on keeping as a reminder.
The coaches praised O’Leary, who has already returned to work less than a week after the incident.
Authorities are still trying to determine what the flying piece of metal is and where it originated.
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