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Sadik Hossain

Driver saves 20 kids from burning school bus. Then she runs back into the flames

A Maryland school bus driver is being called a hero after she got 20 elementary school students off a bus that caught fire on Monday afternoon. Renita Smith, who drives for Prince George’s County Public Schools, acted fast when she saw warning signs while taking children home from school in College Park.

The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. on Monday along the 9600 block of 51st Avenue in College Park. Smith had just finished her third or fourth stop of the afternoon when the bus dashboard started beeping. She right away smelled smoke and looked in her side mirror to see flames spreading through the vehicle.

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