A heroic teenager stepped in to stop a runaway bus full of students from crashing into a petrol station in Australia in an act of bravery captured on video.
Izzy Miller, 14, said she saw the bus start to pull towards the Liberty gas station and mini market in Casino, New South Wales — and realized there was no one in the driver’s seat.
“I turned to talk to my friend, turned around for like two seconds and the bus started moving,” he told ABC News Australia. “And there’s no one at the wheel.”
“It was headed near the gas tank and no one was doing anything, so I jumped in, took action, and steered.”
He said his first thoughts were about the children on board.
“If I don’t do anything about it, something really bad could happen to the kids.”
Miller then jumped into the driver’s seat and pressed one of the pedals to determine if it was the brake.
“And then I was like, ‘OK, it stopped and I hit it again and [the bus] actually stop.”
Surveillance footage from North Casino Mini Market shows a school bus full of students heading to the gas station. Australian Broadcasting Corporation One man was seen hanging out of his rear view window and others chased the bus, carrying about 20 students, which veered off the pump and stopped. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Security footage shows the bus starting to cross the two-lane highway — and heading straight for a gas station and minimarket.
Izzy can be seen hanging from his rearview mirror before jumping into the vehicle.
Others chased the bus, carrying about 20 students, which eventually veered off the pump and stopped.
Gas station owner Erin Witton said Izzy acted just in time, as a man was pumping gas into her car at the time.
“If the bus has broken [tanker]worse case it will explode,” he said.
Erin Witton, owner of the mini market, presented Izzy Miller with a Certificate of Appreciation and a reward for her bravery. North Casino Mini Market
Witton then presented Izzy with a Certificate of Appreciation and a reward for her bravery.
“The entire team at North Casino Mini Mart is indebted and very grateful for this beautiful young lady,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
Izzy’s mother, Rebecca Miller, also said the community praised her daughter.
“The [school] The principal said if Izzy hadn’t acted like that that day, she would have made some very different phone calls,” he said.
The Richmond Police District is currently investigating the incident.
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