Deaf, blind child left unattended on city bus

[Miss-Delectable]

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWSV5/storyV5early21_kid.htm

A 13-year-old child with cerebral palsy, who is deaf, blind and mute, was left unattended on a locked bus Wednesday afternoon, his mother said.

Christian Moore attends an afterschool program at the Therapeutic Recreation Center on Augusta Street, run by the City of Montgomery Parks & Recreation. On Wednesdays, the group attends a field trip using Parks & Recreation buses.

"My son was found alone, sitting in the bus, about 6:20 that evening. He can't speak. They didn't even miss him," said Thelma Richardson. "When I got there no one even saw him. All the teachers said no one saw him from 2:30 until I got there."

The center's director Fredrick Thomas, confirmed that the incident did happen.
"Basically it's under review right now. But we're in the process of trying to identify exactly why the child was left and we're in the process of putting policies in place to make sure this does not happen again"

 

[VamPyroX]

How the hell could that have happened?

 

[Angel]

That's terrible...

The bus driver should have double check to be sure no child is left behind before the bus driver had ever got off the bus in the first place....I agree that there should be a policy where it say a bus driver is responsible to double check to be sure no child is left behind on the bus before the driver gets off the bus, that way it wouldn't happen again...I think all the buses should have that sort of a policy so no child go thru something like this as this young boy did....I feel really bad for him, poor kid...