A school bus picked up an unexpected rider on the way to Powhatan High School.
A deer busted through the front windshield of a school bus and landed on a student.
The incident was captured on video, which the Powhatan County in Virginia posted to Facebook.
"What a way to start the morning!" they wrote, adding, "Kudos to this bus driver for remaining calm and keeping our kids safe."
In the clip, the deer is shown crashing through the front windshield and landing on a sleeping student who was later identified as 15-year-old Brendan Martin, WTVR-TV notes.
The bus driver slows down and opens the door to allow the deer to escape.
Martin told the outlet: “I was really confused because I was trying to sleep and I woke up to something on my back. I realized it was a deer and was just very confused because I’d never seen a deer actually jump through a windshield and then land."
No one was injured in the incident.
Brian Bartlett, interim director of transportation for Powhatan County Public Schools, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the driver did an excellent job in such an unusual situation.
“He did very well. He was able to get the bus off to the side of the road safely, turned the four ways on while the bus was moving, and did all of this while the deer was still in the floor of the bus kicking all around,” he said.
This isn’t the only deer incident of the week, however.
The day prior, a deer crashed into Fox Elementary School in Arnold, St Louis.
The animal leapt through a window, smashing the glass and landing in a hallway by the school kitchen, per KMOX.
Teachers were eventually successful in leading the deer.
The school noted that no one was hurt in the incident.
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