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Mississippi school kids stop school bus on highway after driver passes out

The Guardian · · 335 words · By Oliver Milman
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“Middle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They saved my life.””
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Multiple web search results confirm that students in Mississippi helped stop the bus from crashing after the driver passed out due to a medical emergency. One source mentions the driver declaring, 'They saved my life.'
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web search NEUTRAL — Five middle school students, who helped stop a bus after their driver passed out during a medical emergency, stand outside a bus in Hancock County, Miss., on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mississippi-middle-school-stude…
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web search NEUTRAL — Children in Mississippi sprang into action to stop a packed school bus from crashing after the driver passed out. One student grabbed the steering wheel and another reached down to apply the brakes, w…
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mississippi-schoolchildren-avert-d…
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“The bus in question had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln on Wednesday when the driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness.”
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While multiple sources confirm the general event (students stopping the bus after the driver passed out in Hancock County, Mississippi), none of the provided evidence explicitly confirms that the incident occurred on 'Wednesday' or that the school was 'Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln' specifically. The evidence is consistent with the general event but lacks the precise details provided in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Isaac was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that came ashore in the U.S. state of Louisiana during August 2012. The ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the annual hurricane sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed 1,392 people and caused damage estimated at $125 billion, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans, …
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“Students on the bus leapt into action, with sixth-grader Jackson Casnave, 12, grabbing the wheel after noticing the bus had started to swerve.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that sixth-grader Jackson Casnave, 12, grabbed the wheel after noticing the bus swerving. A third source corroborates this action.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jackson Casnave, also a sixth-grader, grabbed the wheel. Darrius Clark, a sixth-grader, hit the brakes as the bus started gaining speed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hancock-middle-school-stud…
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web search NEUTRAL — Students on the bus leapt into action, with sixth-grader Jackson Casnave, 12, grabbing the wheel after noticing the bus had started to swerve.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/mississippi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sixth grader Jackson Casnave, 12, who was sitting directly behind the driver, noticed the bus beginning to swerve. Casnave jumped up to steer and told others to call for help.
https://www.kaaltv.com/ap-top-news/ap-top-news-us-headlines/…
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“Another sixth-grader, Darrius Clark, attempted to help by stepping on the brakes as the bus gained speed.”
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Multiple sources report that Darrius Clark, a sixth-grader, attempted to slow the bus by hitting the brakes as it gained speed. One source also mentions him hitting the brakes while the bus was gaining speed.
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“The two students managed to slow the bus and maneuver it into the median and park it.”
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Multiple web search results state that the two students (Casnave and Clark) managed to slow the bus and maneuver it into the median and park it.
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web search NEUTRAL — Students on the bus leapt into action, with sixth-grader Jackson Casnave, 12, grabbing the wheel after noticing the bus had started to swerve.The two students managed to slow the bus and maneuver it i…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/mississippi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sixth graders Jackson Casnave and Darrius Clark stopped the bus after driver blacked out.Another sixth grader, 12-year-old Darrius Clark, hit the brakes, and together the two managed to maneuver the b…
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-middle-school-students-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — As he took the wheel, 12-year-old Darrius Clark applied the brakes and the pair were able to guide the bus to safety. Darrius's 13-year-old sister Kayleigh ran from the back and called 911.Jackson Cas…
https://news.sky.com/story/mississippi-schoolchildren-avert-…
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“Clark’s sister, 13-year-old Kayleigh, called 911 and said she could barely hear the operator as so many students were screaming.”
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The claim that Kayleigh Clark, 13, called 911 is supported by one web search result. Another web search mentions Kayleigh Clark calling 911, but the evidence does not provide enough independent confirmation to elevate the verdict beyond single_source.
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“Yet another student, 15-year-old Destiny Cornelius, attempted to help and found that Taylor was holding a nebulizer. Cornelius used it on the driver.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Destiny Cornelius, 15, found and used a nebulizer on the driver, Leah Taylor.
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web search NEUTRAL — Yet another student, 15-year-old Destiny Cornelius, attempted to help and found that Taylor was holding a nebulizer. Cornelius used it on the driver.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/mississippi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — With disaster averted, 15-year-old Destiny Cornelius noticed the driver was holding a nebuliser and administered the medicine while 13-year-old McKenzy Finch held her head.
https://news.sky.com/story/mississippi-schoolchildren-avert-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fellow eighth grader Destiny Cornelius, 15, also ran up to help and noticed that Taylor was holding a nebulizer. Cornelius administered the medicine while McKenzy Finch, a 13-year-old sixth grader, he…
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-middle-school-students-st…
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“McKenzy Finch, 13, held Taylor’s head and picked up Taylor’s ringing phone to tell the school district what had happened.”
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Multiple sources confirm that McKenzy Finch, 13, held Taylor's head and called the school district/transportation team after picking up the ringing phone.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cornelius administered the medicine while McKenzy Finch, a 13-year-old sixth grader, held Taylor's head. Finch also picked up Taylor's phone, which was ringing, and told the district's transportation …
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-04-24/mississip…
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web search NEUTRAL — McKenzy Finch, 13, held Taylor’s head and picked up Taylor’s ringing phone to tell the school district what had happened. Emergency responders soon arrived and assisted Taylor, who said she has now re…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/mississippi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Leah Taylor, the bus driver, says the children's teamwork and quick thinking saved her life and the lives of the other pupils on board.
https://news.sky.com/story/mississippi-schoolchildren-avert-…
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“Emergency responders soon arrived and assisted Taylor, who said she has now recovered from the emergency.”
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“The students were recognized for their actions at a school pep rally on Friday.”
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