A Queensland woman is threatening legal action after her five-year-old daughter was left alone on a school bus.
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Yarrabilba’s Bobbie Langdon wrote on social media that her daughter Alyssa Jayde was “petrified and crying banging on the school bus doors to get out” when found about 7.30pm on Monday.
Bobbie Langdon posted a photo on social media of Alyssa with police officers after the five-year-old's ordeal.
Ms Langdon had raised the alarm hours earlier, believing her daughter had failed to board the bus home from Jimboomba State School.
But it's believed the grade one student, apparently exhausted after the first day of the school year, fell asleep during the journey and was not spotted before the bus was retired for the night.
A spokesman for Logan Coaches said the matter was being investigated while Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her transport and education ministers would be asking questions about how a young child could be left behind.
Ms Langdon has warned the company to expect a letter from her lawyer.
“Alyssa was located petrified and crying banging on the school bus doors to get out,” the mother posted on Facebook.
Ms Langdon said her daughter would no longer attend Jimboomba State School.
Police said the little girl was found about four-and-a-half hours after the school day ended and that she had fallen asleep. It was understood the bus had been left at a transport depot.
Ms Palaszczuk said the mother had endured “a horrific few hours” not knowing what had happened to her child.
“I think this is a wake-up call to the bus companies to ensure they do check their buses,” she told ABC radio.
She said the bus company should be carrying out a thorough review to ensure nothing similar ever happens again.
“I'm quite sure that the minister for transport and the education minister will talk to the bus company.”
AAP