Murfreesboro bus driver saves crossing guards life thanks to a typical parking spot [Video]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) – Sept. 1 was a normal day for Murfreesboro City Schools bus driver Millie Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, who’s been driving a bus since 2019 for the school system, says she went to lunch with her husband during her morning and afternoon routes. She decided that day she would go back to work early, a life-saving decision.

When she got to Hobgood Elementary, she saw her friend Geneva McKnight, who’s the school crossing guard. But McKnight was not in her usual parking spot — which alerted Millie to her car.

“I said Miss Geneva, how are you doing today,” Rodriguez recalled.

McKnight then got out of her car and headed for the school, with Rodriguez following close behind.

“She says, ‘Millie, I think I’m having a heart attack,’” Rodriguez said.

McKnight, who’s been a crossing guard at Hobgood since 1997, found herself in the hands of Rodriguez and the …