Driver manages to pull over, stops bus after suffering fatal heart attack

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Gaithersburg news, Maryland news.

A Maryland bus driver saved dozens of lives after he managed to pull over and stop the filled bus while struggling with a deadly heart attack.

Ruize Bell, 63, suffered a medical emergency Wednesday while driving a bus full of passengers in Gaithersburg.

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    “That really spoke to his character: to be suffering his own tragedy and to still think about protecting other people,” said Bell’s supervisor, Latika Ochieng.

    “I don’t think people know how that could’ve gone in so many other ways.”