A nasty ice storm in Toronto didn’t simply postpone Monday’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals. It also seriously damaged the team bus and briefly caused Kansas City reliever Blaine Boyer to take the wheel.
As the bus was en route from the team hotel to the airport, a piece of ice crashed right into the windshield, injuring the driver. Boyer then jumped in to help get the bus pulled over.
If things weren’t going bad enough, a huge chunk of ice flew off one of the Royals’ team buses and slammed into the windshield of the other last night. The shards hit the bus driver and reliever Blaine Boyer had to grab the wheel. The driver was OK. pic.twitter.com/b1kdSxqDQG
— Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) April 16, 2018
Blaine Boyer downplayed his role in helping the driver get the bus to the side of the road. He credited Fred, the bus driver, for staying alert: "He was a stud … That guy Fred was a trouper. He had shards in his face, and he was locked in on trying to get the bus slowed down."
— Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) April 16, 2018
Looking at the picture there, it is a wonder that nobody (especially the driver) was seriously hurt. It’s also a good thing that everyone on board remained calm enough to get the bus pulled over.
That certainly had potential to be much worse than it was.