Truck Driver Intentionally Wrecks In Order To Avoid Hitting School Bus

A semi truck overturned on a Mississippi Highway after swerving to avoid a school bus on Wednesday morning.

The incident occurred on Mississippi Highway 28 in Copiah County, around 7:05 a.m.

According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the truck came over a hilltop and approached a school bus that was stopped to pick up students. Unable to stop in time, it swerved to avoid hitting the bus and overturned

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The driver of the truck, Samuel Johnson, told reporters, “Left lane was closed, right land was closed. I didn’t want to hit the back of the bus. I valued the kids’ lives more than me, so I hit the shoulder of the road, came down beside the bus, laid the truck over.”

No one was injured in the crash.


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