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Maya Yang

Not having cellphone allowed US boy to save runaway bus from crashing

Dillon Reeves’s parents refused to provide him with a cellphone.
Dillon Reeves’s parents refused to provide him with a cellphone. Photograph: AP

A Michigan boy who recently stopped a school bus from crashing after the driver lost consciousness leapt into action because he was the only passenger not distracted by an electronic device, according to a new report from CBS.

On Sunday, two weeks after seventh-grader Dillon Reeves regained control of a school bus when its driver became unconscious, the network reported that the boy’s parents’ refusal to provide him a cellphone paid off in a big way.

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