Fortunately, the girl survived without any damage.
A four-year-old girl in Sharjah was left alone on the school bus after staff forgot to drop her off. According to the Khaleej times, The girl, who fell asleep, was found crying by the bus conductor during the second ride on the boys’ bus. The girl was on the bus from 6 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. and later fell ill, after which she was taken to a hospital for a check-up.
Fortunately, the girl survived without any damage. However, the girl’s mother is now advising other parents to remain vigilant and regularly talk to bus drivers and conductors about their child’s safety.
”At 7:30 am the conductor called to tell me that my child had fallen asleep, been left on the bus and could not reach the classroom. I told him to take her home immediately, but he didn’t. It was only when I called her teacher that she came to know about the incident. We rushed to the school at 8.15 am but my daughter had not yet reached the classroom or the school,” the girl’s mother recalled of the incident.
“My daughter said her head was banging on the front seat. And when she woke up, there were all the big students, that is, boys and senior students from the second trip. Only when she started crying did the conductor realize she was alone. inside and then called me,” she added.
The girl’s parents have now withdrawn her from the school and filed a complaint with local authorities, complaining that staff played down it as a minor incident.
“I don’t have the heart to send her to school until she is older and can take care of herself. I studied at the same school, but I never expected my daughter to be treated like this. Our trust has been broken. We are lucky to get our child back alive; I pray that no other parents and child experience such a miserable situation,” the woman further said.
In the past, there have been several cases of carelessness where children have suffocated or become ill after being left on school buses or private vehicles.
