Three-year-old girl left on Trundle school bus: Young girl rescued after spending hours alone in vehicle in NSW
- Three-year-old recovering in hospital
- She was trapped in the bus for four hours
A three-year-old girl who spent four hours distressed and alone on a parked school bus in regional NSW is recovering from the ordeal.
A man spotted the little girl sitting in the front seat of an unattended bus parked on Forbes Street in the central western town of Trundle, just before midday on Wednesday.
The man unlocked the bus before contacting the girl’s parents, police said.
Paramedics treated the child before she was taken to Parkes Hospital, where she was assessed and later discharged.
A spokeswoman for NSW Health confirmed the girl was in good health.
It is understood the girl spent about four hours trapped alone on the bus and was supposed to have been dropped at the Trundle Children’s Centre in the centre of town about 8.30am.
The centre told AAP the child was left on a privately owned school bus.
Officers from Central West Police District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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