Friday, March 02, 2007

Driver saves children from horrific crash

*This is a fictional story. It was another "rolling" exercise that i did this morning. So to recap, this didnt really happen. I pulled the picture off the internet.

A bus driver displayed tremendous heroism in Bournemouth today – after a horrific fatal head-on car crash with Joyriders.
Hugo Waller-Prynn, 59, was driving a bus full of school children from Alumhurst road when he was hit by a speeding car coming round the bend, crashing head on into the front of the bus.
Despite having a broken arm, burns, tinnitus in the head and ears as well as other cuts and bruises, Mr Waller-Prynn managed to drag himself out of the ruined cabin, and herd all of the school children safely off the bus. The children only suffered minor injuries, with a few being described as “walking wounded”.
The driver of the car was a 13-year-old boy out for a “Joyride” in his dad’s Lexus, and was travelling at about 70 mph as he came round the bend. Both him and his 11-year-old passenger were both pronounced dead at the scene.
In an interview, Mr Waller-Prynn commented that he thought he was “going to die” and that he would “never forget” the “look on the other drivers face before we collided”. He also commented how the kids behaved “very well” as he herded them out of the bus.
Mr Waller-Prynn had been working for the bus company, Wilts & Dorset, since he was 15. He had been due to retire today and Mr Waller-Prynn said he had been looking forward to retiring with his wife to Swanage. When asked if today’s events had spoilt his retirement, he replied, “I just feel sorry for the kids in that car”.
All of the children have been treated for their injuries, and Mr Waller-Prynn is still set to retire after his injuries have been healed.


By Joe Robinson

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