Sharley Maglott, a 10-year bus driver for Fredericktown Local Schools, is always watching out for the potential dangers posed by errant drivers. Now she’s on the alert for flying mattresses too.
“I was on (Ohio) 95 the other day when I was behind a vehicle that had two mattresses tied to the top,” she said. “The mattresses came loose. One flew up and over the top of the bus. The other fell beside the road.”
Because there was no danger to the bus, the story brought chuckles from other drivers sitting in the bus garage recently before leaving for their afternoon routes. It was a lighthearted start to the serious emphasis of National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 21-25…