An Indiana principal reportedly pushed students out of
the way of an oncoming bus before she herself was struck Tuesday.
Susan Jordan died at the scene after a school bus jumped
a curb, killing her and injuring two children.
The bus driver told firefighters that she's not sure why
the bus jumped the curb, but that she saw Jordan push several students out of
the way, according to Rita Reith with the Indianapolis Fire Department.
"What we were told, by the bus driver, in the
instant that the accident occurred, she saw the principal push kids out of the
way of the bus, before it hit her and killed her. She was a beloved principal
at that school for 20 years, getting them loaded on the bus," Reith told
CNN.
"They just loved her," she said. "Up to
the minute she was alive, she was helping the kids."
The school board released a statement praising Jordan and
everything she gave to her community.
"Susan was an amazing educator. She had a remarkable
way of making everyone she came in contact with feel valued and
important," it read.
"She had a passion for children that is unmatched.
The entire Lawrence Township Community mourns her loss and extends our sympathy
to the Amy Beverland Community the multitudes of people whose lives she
touched."
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