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Smith stopped the bus after that. She could also hear the warning signal going off. She talked to Today about it in 2016: “We didn’t see the smoke, but we could smell it… And the smell – I can’t explain it – was horrible, and the kids were saying, ‘Ms. Bus Driver, the bus is smoking.’”
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Of course, she started to see just how urgent the situation was. As a matter of fact, Smith was aware that she needed to call this in to the transportation manager. As she tried to get the radio, she glanced in the rear-facing side mirror of the bus.