A 12-year-old girl on Friday night was reeling from a ride home from school she’ll never forget – after she helped everyone get out safely before her school bus was slammed into by a Metra train in Orland Park.
Ava Gentile told her story exclusively to CBS 2’s Jermont Terry. Her two younger brothers were also on board.“So I’m like, ‘Jeremy, you have to get off this bus right now!’ and I grabbed Joshua – I said, ‘Don’t worry about anything,’” Ava said.hit by an inbound Metra Southwest Service trainThe school bus driver actually got all the kids off in time – and they had less than a minute to do so before the Metra train slammed into the bus. There were five people on board – a driver and four students.
That was when the crossing arms came down right on top of the bus. Ava said she and her bus driver, Sue, jumped into action to get everyone to safety.
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