Mar 16, 2008 1:08 pm US/Central
Girl Gets Detention After Protecting 40 Children
SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) ―
A 15-year-old girl who stopped an out-of-control school bus she was riding on with 40 elementary school students, was handed a Saturday detention instead of an accolade because she was skipping school.
Marina High School student Amanda Rouse was on a bus with 40 elementary school students Wednesday morning when the driver fell out of her seat after a turn and hit her head.
Rouse jumped up and applied the brakes, bringing the bus to a halt after striking two parked cars. No one was injured.
She said had asked the bus driver for a ride because she felt sick at school.
"She is in trouble with school because she made the wrong decision," said Rouse's grandmother, Sally Correll. "But I can't help but believe that she was where God wanted her to be."
A spokesperson for the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District could not immediately be reached Saturday.
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