CARTERSVILLE, GA — A bus driver was recognized Thursday for possibly saving a student from serious injury by a reckless driver, officials say. Shannon Banks, a bus driver with the Bartow County School System, was picking up students around 7 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, when a man in a pickup drove past the bus, which had its stop sign extended.

The man “blew past the stop sign and almost hit a child,” said Alisha Evans, the Bartow County School System’s communications director. The video, below, shows Banks honked her horn to alert the girl, who then avoided being hit.

In the video, caught on the bus’ surveillance system, the student is seen crossing the street and is missed by the pickup, reportedly driven by 42-year-old Blake Lockwood, by just a couple feet. She is in disbelief as she continues to get on the bus.

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The next day, Banks recognized the same pickup, got the vehicle information and reported it to her supervisors, who notified the sheriff’s office.

Lockwood, of Cartersville, was charged with:

Reckless drivingTampering with evidenceFailure to maintain laneFailure to stop for school bus loading/unloadingFailure to obey stop signDriving unsafe vehicleRemoving tag to conceal identity of vehicleImproper right turn

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Sheriff Clark Millsap scheduled a conference Thursday to commend Banks, whose actions “resulted in the student quickly moving out of the path of the truck possibly saving her from serious injury. She is recognized with a letter from Sheriff Millsap thanking her for her quick actions.”

Internal documents provided to Patch by the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office says that between Aug. 8 and Aug. 27 this year, there have been 28 approved similar school bus violations.