Controversial Collision

(Fox News) - Out on the Monterey Peninsula in California the other day, a bus transporting about 40 students to their elementary school went out of control after it hit a bump and the driver was thrown from her seat and hit her head.

Fifteen-year-old Amanda Rouse happened to be on the bus because she had left school feeling sick and needed a ride.

She jumped into the driver's seat and pulled on the emergency brake as the bus hit two parked cars. But she got the bus stopped and none of the kids was hurt.

Amanda's reward was Saturday detention for leaving school without informing the proper authorities.