Child Left on Cold School Bus for Hours!

Credited to wisn.com

A 4-year-old Milwaukee boy was at home with his mother Tuesday night after spending hours alone on a cold school bus.

Tuesday morning, Cantrell and another little boy rode the bus from day care to the 68th Street School. When the bus pulled up, one boy got out, but Cantrell stayed on.

Four hours later, Rachal got a call that Cantrell never made it to school. School officials said they thought the boy was absent.

"What do you mean he didn't get off the bus?" Rachal said she remembers asking.

Rachal said she was afraid her son had been kidnapped, but school officials said Cantrell was found later, still on the bus, which was parked right in front of the bus driver's home.

A manager from the Laidlaw Bus Company said he was found standing on a seat crying. Their bus driver was immediately fired and arrested by police. She could face child neglect charges.

Rachal said there's no excuse for what happened.

"It only takes a few seconds to check a bus, and this bus was small. (It) had like five rows of seats," Rachal said.

"There's no telling what was going through his mind. He was said he was looking out the bus to see if he could see his friend, you know, any familiar face," Rachal said. Cantrell told his mom that he cried on the bus and didn't sleep.

Cantrell was examined at Children's Hospital and is doing well, but Rachael said it could have been serious. She said her son has a condition where his blood sugar can dip very low if he doesn't eat or drink regularly.

Police and child protective services are investigating the case.

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My son used to ride with that same company last year and on the short buses as well. They switched bus companys this year...although I don't know exactly why.

But anyways, What hell? She could face child neglect charges? She should face child neglect charges! I agree. There is no excuse for that at all. Besides, it was one of the small buses. How the hell do you overlook a 4 year old child on a small bus, let alone any size bus? Common sense would tell you, that you need to always make sure there is no exsisting persons on a bus. How do you overlook something like that?