Cincinnati —

The Adams County Ohio Valley School community is grateful for the quick thinking of a local parent for her help saving two students from a vehicle fire this week.

Shane Taylor, 16, a sophomore standout at West Union High School, said he was taking his sister to practice when he began to smell fuel, heard a loud pop and then noticed smoke coming from the dashboard. A parent driving along Lloyd Road, Anitra Hayslip, said she noticed fire coming from the pickup truck when she flagged the boy to stop. Advertisement

"I didn't think he was going to stop at first," Hayslip said. "So, I was almost going to hit him to get him to stop. And he finally stopped. I told him they had to get out because the truck was on fire."

Shane Taylor was frantically pulling items like backpacks wit

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