Young Boy Saves Students From Car Crash

Augustine Nii Odoi Laryea, 13 has gained  spot as a legend at his school, Carefield School Complex at Bawjiase in the Central Region, after acting to stop a moving school bus after the driver collapsed.

The incident happened last month but did not get enough media recognition as per Onua TV.

The bus contained at least 50 people including pupils, teachers and a caterer at the time of the incident.

Augustine Nii Odoi Laryea was quick to save more than 50 people on a bus from disaster.

On Friday, August 11, 2023, on Onua Maakye, the Television station’s morning show, young Augustine was called on a segment of the program, to hear the full story and acknowledge his courage.

When he was asked by the host of Onua Maaky, Captain Smart, why he stepped in to avoid what that disaster, Augustine said he saw that the bus was changing lanes from left to right, something that wasnot usual of the driver.

“We had closed from school and heading home and the driver was driving carelessly until we got to Opembo bridge getting to Bawjiase from Kasoa. The bridge is under construction so the driver tried to give way to an oncoming vehicle, but I realized that the vehicle was heading towards a pit under the [Opembo] bridge under construction,” he said in Twi.

The boy from Carefiled School Complex said at this point, he knew something was completely wrong because that was not the way the driver drives the vehicle when they close from school and was heading home.

He said he was sitting close to the driver at the time so he looked at the driver and saw that the man behind the steering wheel was foaming at the mouth.

“When I saw that [foam at the driver’s mouth] I stepped on the brake of the bus. Everyone started screaming and shouting. Some people were even insulting me,” he recalled.

Even after stepping on the brake, the bus did not come to a stand-still so the caterer and another teacher quickly got out and put a chock under the car.

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Augustine, who revealed that he knows how to drive, said with the bus temporarily secured he shouted to his colleagues to get off as quickly as they can and they did so.