MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A Gaithersburg, Maryland, man was driving a bus for Montgomery County on Wednesday when he suffered a heart attack that resulted in his death, but he managed to safely stop his vehicle, resulting in no other injuries, according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Erich sent condolences to the family of Ruiz Bell, the 63-year-old driver who suffered a medical event hours before, leaving behind his wife and ten children.
Bell, a 13-year employee of the county and a Ride On bus operator, was driving along a portion of southbound Route 55 when the heart attack occurred. He managed to pull the bus over to a safe stop, Elrich said…