![A tow truck operator slowly removes a Ride On bus that crashed into a home in the 9400 block of Avenel Road in Silver Spring, Md. on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. No one in the home was hurt. Nine people from the bus, including the bus driver, are being evaluated for injuries. Homeowner Femi Olamide, who was arriving home at the time, says he saw that the bus was not going to stop at the stop sign and got back into his car. The bus sped past him and crashed into his home. "I grabbed my Bible [which was on the seat of my car,] and said, 'Thank you, God,' " he says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2012/08/20/bus_20120820_001_s878x584.jpg?a5b1e2118ef4a71690f5f70f063a3a2547c0a191)
A tow truck operator slowly removes a Ride On bus that crashed into a home in the 9400 block of Avenel Road in Silver Spring, Md. on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. No one in the home was hurt. Nine people from the bus, including the bus driver, are being evaluated for injuries. Homeowner Femi Olamide, who was arriving home at the time, says he saw that the bus was not going to stop at the stop sign and got back into his car. The bus sped past him and crashed into his home. "I grabbed my Bible [which was on the seat of my car,] and said, 'Thank you, God,' " he says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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