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Maine bus driver, student rescue man pinned under tractor

Connie Lailer was nearing the end of her route when she saw Edwin Tynes in a ditch. That's when she and a high school student jumped in to rescue him.
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BOWDOIN, Maine — A Maine school bus driver and student saved an 80-year-old man trapped in a ditch under an overturned mower. 

CentralMaine.com reports Connie Lailer was at the end of her bus route in Bowdoin on Wednesday morning when she spotted Edwin Tynes in a ditch. 

A school transportation official says Lailer reported the emergency and then waded into the icy water to lift the tractor off Tynes with the help of a high school student. 

Tynes was taken to a nearby hospital he was discovered to be suffering from hypothermia. 

A hospital spokesperson says they have no information about his status as of Wednesday night.  

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