Student kindergarten Ibn Regiment no longer going to return to the school bus after he spent a long and cold seven hours.
According to police, 23 Jan Ibn fell asleep in the bus on the way to Linden Hill Elementary, which is located in Wilmington (Delaware). On arrival at school all students have left the transport. All but Ibna. The other children noticed this and informed the driver, but she ignored their comment.
«When she did not, it seemed that she really still,» said father Abdul Polk after reviewing the records of the situation with surveillance cameras.
The driver went on through the school yard, stopped and got off the bus. Ibn admitted that when he woke up and saw next to no soul, he cried a little.
«I was very scared,» he told NBC10 the child.
Five-year-old Ibn Polk says he was scared and is afraid to get back on the school bus after being left aboard for seven hours in dangerously cold temperatures when the bus driver allegedly failed to make sure he had gotten off. https://t.co/zrukUlH4KF pic.twitter.com/LZIECSIWMY
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) January 24, 2019
Child noticed only a few hours later, when the driver returning to the bus after lunch, I heard him cough. The boy’s parents said he was wet and pissed.
Press Secretary school district Red Clay told NBC10 that the school erred in not calling their parents when they noted his absence.
«Obviously, it was a mistake on our part,’ said Pati Nash from the school district. — Mother and father had to be notified».
Ibn Polk spent SEVEN hours on a school bus Tuesday, on a truly cold day in Wilmington. When I asked him about being left, he gave me a simple answer, “I was scared.” He also says he doesn’t want to ride the bus again. He’s 5. His story on @NBCPhiladelphia at 11pm. pic.twitter.com/bpuhoE0X4J
— Aaron Baskerville (@ABaskerville10) January 23, 2019
A company representative Sutton Bus Company said that after the incident the driver was fired. The boy’s parents will be present at Friday’s meeting, to view video of the incident from cameras.
According to parents, Ibn fine — his health is not threatened.
