ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – A student in Seminole County narrowly escaped injury following an accident Friday morning caused by the destructive force of Hurricane Helene.
WOFL reported details of the incident and spoke with the 8th grader about what happened.
He was riding on a school bus headed for Teague Middle School in Altamonte Springs when a tree toppled by the hurricane on the side of the road came crashing down through a bus window as the driver was making a turn, and sent glass flying.
It missed the boy’s head by inches and he just ended up with minor cuts from the glass that landed on him, according to the report.
“It could have been a lot worse,” said the student’s father, Thomas Beasley. “I’ve worked in the fire service and I’m also an EMT right now so I’ve seen accidents like that before. So he was definitely fortunate.”
No other injuries were reported.
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