Men board bus, bring it to stop

ERIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two road workers jumped onto a moving school bus carrying 31 young students and steered it safely to a stop after the driver apparently suffered a medical problem.

Aaron Pierce and Ken Lambert were returning from their shift patching potholes Wednesday when they saw the Monroe Public Schools bus swerving at about 5 to 10 mph. Lambert, a volunteer firefighter, had heard over his emergency radio that the bus driver had gone into diabetic shock.

Pierce hoisted himself through a window to steer the bus to a stop.

“There was lots of screaming, lots of crying,” said Pierce. “One little girl asked me, ‘Are we going to die?’ I had to hug her. She was crying her eyes out.”

Lambert entered through the emergency exit. He led the children off the bus and tended to the driver.