Originally Published On November 1, 2013<br /><br />The driver and students on a school bus that ran off a bridge and into a creek in Butler County, Kansas were rescued on Thursday afternoon.<br /><br />According to reports, the school bus was carrying 10 children aged 13 and under from the Douglass Unified School District.<br /><br />Due to heavy morning rain that fell in the area, water on the road may have caused the crash. It was about 4 p.m. when the bus swerved and plunged into the creek. <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world.<br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />According to NBC News, the older children helped the younger ones to climb out the bus windows. <br /><br />"A lot of kids were screaming and crying," Logan Parker, a 12-year-old sixth-grader who was on the bus. "Since I was the oldest, I was helping everybody else, so I was the last one [student] out of the bus."<br /><br />Logan told KSN that after climbing on top of the bus they waited up there for a rescue team for about two and a half hours. <br /><br />Once at the scene, rescuers used a line and life jackets to help the children to safety. <br /><br />"The water is very swift down there," Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet told CNN affiliate KWCH. "It took a little while to get everybody out. But everybody's safe, and it's a good day."<br /><br />The bus driver, a man in his 60s, was airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.<br /> <br />According to reports, none of the children suffered any injuries. The bus driver suffered minor injuries and hypothermia.
