BELLEVUE, Wash. — A bus driver taking a girls’ basketball team to a game was hit by a piece of flying metal and it was caught on video.
Stewart O’Leary was driving in Bellevue, Washington when the piece of metal came through the bus windshield hitting him in the chest.
O’Leary said the metal was going about 60 mph when it hit him and landed in his lap. He was also covered in glass from the windshield, cutting his face.
He had one thought after getting hit with what is believed to be a leaf spring that flew off another vehicle.
“I just need to get the bus off the road safely. That was my priority. The kids on the bus are the priority,” O’Leary said.
O’Leary called for help from the coaches.
“[They] helped me get the bus off the road and secured it, giving me first aid, calling 911.
He said he took the chunk of metal with him as he was being taken from the bus as a memento.
O’Leary was cleared to return to work.