Bus driver keen to return after crash

A bus driver who ignored her own injuries to help hurt school children after a road crash in southern Sydney says she wants to get back behind the wheel.
The school bus, carrying 37 children from Sutherland Shire Christian School, and a
car collided on Heathcote Road, near the junction of New Illawarra Road at Lucas
Heights about 7.50am (AEST) on Friday.
The driver and passenger in the car died after the crash, while 11 of the children
were seriously hurt.
Police said the silver sedan had been travelling east on the wrong side of the road
when it hit the bus head on at a known accident black-spot.
Bus driver Anita Harper, who tended to the children on the bus despite her own
injuries, says she knew she had to be careful on that stretch of road.
"(The children) can make as much noise as they like, but they're not allowed to move
around on the bus because I told them `this is a very dangerous road'," Ms Harper
told the Seven Network from her hospital bed.
Ms Harper suffered leg injuries in the crash but is keen to get back to work.
"I'd love to tomorrow, but they say not."
Morris Caputi, from bus operator Veolia Buses, said Ms Harper was passionate about
her job.
"She sees these children as her own children, and so her first thoughts were to look
after the children, rather than herself."