Five middle school students in Hancock County, Mississippi are being hailed as heroes for springing into action to stop their runaway school bus after the driver passed out due to a medical episode in an incident caught on camera earlier this month.

Quick-thinking middle school students in Hancock County, Mississippi, prevented a potential tragedy when their school bus driver lost consciousness.

Mississippi middle school students stepped in to stop a school bus after the driver lost consciousness, safely bringing it to a halt.

When the driver of a school bus transporting 40 students passed out on a four-lane highway in Mississippi, it was the quick reactions of the children that saved the day

The 45-year-old said she was driving a bus full of students on her usual route last Wednesday when she said she had an asthma attack and passed out.