Manitoba choir on tour saves bus driver from heart attack

STOCKHOLM — Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir
touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of
their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media
reported Monday.

About five minutes into the University of Manitoba choir’s
journey from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport towards the town of
Sundsvall, about 350 kilometres north of the capital, the bus
starting swerving uncontrollably on the highway.

At that point, choir leader Elroy Friesen noticed the driver had
fallen over the wheel, he told the local paper, Sundsvall
Tidning.

“I threw myself forward and put the gear stick in what I thought
was neutral. Then I hit the brakes,” he said.

The bus eventually stopped, and none of the 32 passengers were
hurt.

Passengers then pulled the driver out of the bus, with one choir
member performing resuscitation and giving him mouth to
mouth.