Watch: Students rush to help bus driver struggling to breathe in Ohio

Quick-thinking students help save bus driver who couldn’t breathe

Security footage shows students rushing to help a bus driver struggling to breathe in Ashland, Ohio. (Credit: Crestview Local Schools via Storyful)

ASHLAND, Ohio - Quick-thinking students sprang into action when their bus driver began struggling to breathe in Ashland, Ohio, according to security footage.

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National media reported the footage shows a third-grader, Catrina, checking on the driver before heading to the back of the bus to alert other students that something was wrong. 

Her brother, seventh-grader Charlie, then grabbed the driver’s radio to call for help.

What they're saying:

"We need help on 12th road. Bus 8, bus driver cannot breathe," Charlie is heard saying.

The bus driver was taken to a hospital and later released, according to News 5 Cleveland.