Four-year-old girl injured after falling out of moving bus on Hwy 65 in Harrison, Arkansas
Four-year-old falls out of moving bus
Video of the incident shows the back door of the bus springing open and the young girl plummeting to the road. "I couldn't believe it, it was so shocking," said Ryan Ciampoli, who was driving behind the bus in Harrison, Arkansas.
Ciampoli, who is a trained emergency medical technician, ran to the little girl's rescue after her terrifying tumble on Wednesday. His vehicle is fitted with a dash cam that recorded the incident because he sometimes uses it when on duty, Ciampoli said.
4-year-old falls out of back of bus in Harrison
He carried her off the road where they laid her on a truck bed in a nearby parking lot and got to work keeping her conscious and checking her vitals. Once the adrenaline kicked in, he said she began kicking and screaming for her mom.
The paramedics arrived in about 5 minutes and transported her to the hospital. She has a broken jaw and will need surgery to repair it. She is expected to make a full recovery.
Bus driver will not be charged after 4-year-old's fall, police say
The male driver was the only adult on the church-owned bus, which was taking children either to or from church, Paul Woodruff, chief of the Harrison Police Department, told CNN.
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