After their bus driver blacked out, the kids sprang into action
A Mississippi school bus driver, Leah Taylor, lost consciousness due to an asthma attack while driving, prompting several students to take action and safely stop the vehicle. Students Jackson Casnave, Darrius Clark, Destiny Cornelius, Kay’Leigh Clark, and McKenzy Finch assisted by steering, braking, administering medication, calling 911, and alerting authorities. All 40 students on board were unharmed, and the school district praised the students for their calm and responsible response.
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For subscribersAfter their bus driver blacked out, the kids sprang into actionSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxThe students quickly sprang to action after noticing that bus driver Leah Taylor had lost consciousness.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM VIDEO/HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTChris HippensteelPublished Apr 30, 2026, 10:35 AMUpdated Apr 30, 2026, 10:35 AMMs Leah Taylor, a 46-year-old bus driver, blacked out from an asthma attack at the worst possible moment: at the wheel of a bus full of middle schoolers, rolling down the highway in southern Mississippi.When she came to, “one of my students was holding my medication toward my face and just telling me to breathe”, recalled Ms Taylor, who drives for the Hancock County School District on the Gulf Coast, in an interview on…
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