A former Erie-area school bus driver says she was fired after stopping her route to rescue eight baby opossums from a busy roadway — a decision that has since sparked attention and debate online.
Rose Sheakley says she was driving along Cherry Street when she spotted what looked like a dead opossum in the road. As she passed, she noticed movement and realized one of the babies was still alive.
“I can’t keep going. That baby is gonna crawl off and get hit,” she recalled thinking…