DOVER, Tenn. (WTVF) — A school bus driver jumped into action with a fire extinguisher when he came up on a fatal crash involving a corrections officer.
Cody Upham has been a Stewart County school bus driver for more than a decade. He loves his retirement gig after being a cowboy stuntman for movies.
DOVER, Tenn. (WTVF) — A school bus driver jumped into action with a fire extinguisher when he came up on a fatal crash involving a corrections officer.
Cody Upham has been a Stewart County school bus driver for more than a decade. He loves his retirement gig after being a cowboy stuntman for movies.
“When something is scripted it’s one thing, but when you come around a corner and you see two vehicles one of them on the side of the bank with a fire going underneath it, and a Sheriff’s car parked across the lane, you just aren’t expecting it,” Upham said.
Cody had several special needs students and a bus monitor in tow.
“There were cars on the other side that had stopped. I went around, drove up to get the kids out of harm’s way,” Upham said.
A truck had collided with a Houston County Corrections officer, who was transporting an inmate in a squad car on Cumberland City Road at Elk Creek Road.
“When something is scripted it’s one thing, but when you come around a corner and you see two vehicles one of them on the side of the bank with a fire going underneath it, and a Sheriff’s car parked across the lane, you just aren’t expecting it,” Upham said.
Cody had several special needs students and a bus monitor in tow.
“There were cars on the other side that had stopped. I went around, drove up to get the kids out of harm’s way,” Upham said.
A truck had collided with a Houston County Corrections officer, who was transporting an inmate in a squad car on Cumberland City Road at Elk Creek Road.