CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga — Video was released Wednesday from inside a school bus after a terrifying crash sent it slamming into a home.
The wreck happened Monday evening on Panhandle Road in Clayton County and left a gaping hole in the home. The bus driver is being called a hero.
From the camera inside the bus, you can see it driving down the road when all of a sudden a red car crosses the center and sends it careening off the road, into a home.
You can hear from the video that the driver was clearly distraught, the windshield shattered and the side of the home shredded. The homeowners talked to Channel 2 Action News just a few hours later.
“She had two choices, either come towards us or go over into the park and the park was crammed full of kids so she chose properly,” Tom Essigner said.
Amazingly, no one was hurt in the crash and there were no children on the bus at the time. The driver just dropped the children off after a volleyball game.
Clayton County school leaders say all their drivers are trained for those types of situations.
District leaders told Channel 2 Action News that the driver is still shaken by the crash and was not at work Wednesday.
Clayton County police are investigating the accident.