"My Child Didn't Come Home"... Trapped and Crying Alone Inside

Are incidents of children being left alone on buses happening continuously?

This is what happened at a kindergarten in Taebaek, Gangwon Province.

A 5-year-old kindergarten student fell asleep in the very back seat of a school bus and was left inside without getting off.

The driver and the vehicle assistant reportedly failed to check the inside of the vehicle after finishing their route, leaving the child unattended alone for about 40 minutes to an hour.

When the child did not return past their usual home-coming time, the parents reported it to the police, and the mother eventually found the crying child inside the school bus herself.

Following the accident, the child has reportedly been receiving psychiatric counseling due to a fear of being alone.

The kindergarten issued an apology, admitting that the driver and the vehicle assistant were negligent in checking the vehicle, and stated they would prepare measures to prevent a recurrence.

The education sector pointed out that, given the recent series of similar accidents, the distribution of safety devices such as sleeping child check systems needs to be expanded.

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