THIS is the dramatic moment five heroic students stopped a bus from crashing after the driver suffered a medical episode while behind the wheel.

The brave Mississippi middle schoolers jumped into action on the school bus carrying 40 students when driver Leah Taylor, 46, had an asthma attack.

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The five children stepped in to control the bus as the driver passed outCredit: Hancock County School District
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Working together, the middle school kids managed to avert a tragedyCredit: Hancock County School District
The unexpected medical episode caused Taylor to lose consciousness as the large vehicle continued to surge forward on the four-lane highway.

Sixth grader Jackson Casnave, 12, had been sitting directly behind Taylor when he noticed the bus begin to swerve.

He jumped up to take control of the wheel, calling for other students to help.

Darrius Clark, 12, hit the brakes as the driver remained passed out, working with Casnave to bring the bus under control.

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The entire ordeal was caught on the security camera on the busCredit: Hancock County School District
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The bus had left their school just moments before the driver suffered a medical episodeCredit: Hancock County School District
The duo managed to park the bus on the side of the road.

A third student began to assist Taylor to find her medication while Clark’s 13-year-old sister Kayleigh ran from the back of the bus and called 911.

She later confessed she had been almost unable to hear the 911 operator because the other students were screaming.

“I was scared, but also I had to help,” she said.

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The five kids worked swiftly together to control the situation and help keep other students on the bus calm.

The terrifying ordeal unfolded in just seconds as the quick-thinking schoolchildren averted a potential tragedy.

Following her ordeal, Taylor spoke to the media.

“I’m grateful for my students,” she said.

“They’re the ones that saved my life and everybody else’s on that bus.”

Taylor said she had tried to reach for her medication as the episode took hold of her, but she had blacked out.

Also speaking out after their heroic actions, the students said they “had to help”.

“I didn’t have time to process my emotions,” Casnave said.

“I just wanted to make sure that nobody got hurt.”

The bus had just left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County when the chaos was sparked.

In the aftermath, the school principal also credited the students’ bravery.

The group of five were honoured at a pep rally and treated to a lunch field trip at a restaurant of their choice.

“They didn’t wait for somebody to step in,” Dr. Melissa Saucier said.

“They stepped up themselves, and that says a lot about their character.”