Quick-thinking bus driver lauded as hero after rescuing young girl who wandered onto 5-lane road
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SBS Transit bus driver Ong Shi Chuin, 57, jolted into action when he spotted a girl, who looked to be under the age of five, wandering barefoot onto a busy five-lane roadway along Marina Boulevard.
After SBS Transit posted about the incident on Tuesday (April 12), comments online are lauding Mr Ong a "hero".
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