Hunt On For Missing Toddler

OH MY GOD!!!! what the hell is the driver of a bus doing letting this toddler on the bus..... and how the hell did he get on another back to Blackburn :eek: Hold on...... I need to read this again!!!
 
slinky said:
OH MY GOD!!!! what the hell is the driver of a bus doing letting this toddler on the bus..... and how the hell did he get on another back to Blackburn :eek: Hold on...... I need to read this again!!!
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I would love to know.....
I know if Jacks having a tantrum n i walk off pretending to leave him (usually i stand round a corner and watch him) LOADS of people suddenly panic when he calms down that he has been left or his lost....why did no-one think it was weird that this lad was walking on his own? :confused:
How did he get on TWO buses? :eek:
 
i suppose the driver would just assume he was with someone else that was getting on the bus or the drivers didnt see him.....
 
The bus was probably returning to Blackburn anyway, and he just stayed on. Although I thought that bus drivers checked there buses on a regular basis. Still odd that the driver didnt notice him all that way!

Glad he's been found safe and well though.
 
Thats scary! It is easy to lose track of children when shopping, I have had the misfortune to do it twice in 19 years, they were quickly found, but it is worrying.
 
Aaah bless him, suppose wouldn't have happened if they brough conductors back (or inspectors like Royboy).

When I went to Blackpool the other weekend with Mez and the gang, we caught the tram and there were three conductors on it. They helped get people off the tram and were jovial and polite .. was impressed.
 
Lolly said:
The bus was probably returning to Blackburn anyway, and he just stayed on. Although I thought that bus drivers checked there buses on a regular basis. Still odd that the driver didnt notice him all that way.
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A driver has two mirrors for the internal view of his vehicle, one to see if the passengers are seated and there is no obstuction to his driving position (near view)....The second one is to view the whole length of the bus and all you can see from the second one is the heads of the seated passengers and the full length of the aisle.
It would be very easy for a driver to miss the child if he was sat down all the way..........he can't see his head therefore he can't see him.
 
i thought buses had cctv on them now..thats just freaky but i suppose they will be telling that story for years.remember when you caught the bus to bolton when you were 3 .alright mum whatever as if ,no you did yea mum its getting boring now ,yea but you did.:)and so on..itll be getting told at weddings ,funerals best man speach.....just chuffed he was found safe and well.
 
Officers have revealed that Lee had got on a bus and travelled to Bolton before returning to Blackburn where he was spotted
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lol it sounds like an adventure dewy out of malcom in the middle would have
 
it was a very weird experience, was in town when the lad went missing, but didn't know at the time... back at work, we heard the helicopter flying overhead and have to say its the first time I have heard announcements made from a helicopter. It was hovering over the town centre announcing the little lad had gone missing and what he looked like and was wearing...very pro-active on the police's part I must admit. I was racking my brain if I had seen a small boy go past me when I was down there but couldn't remember seeing anything...

Just glad he was found... in defence of the bus driver, if the little lad walked on behind an adult he would've presumed he was with them, it is more on the bus I think it is strange that no one commented on who the lad was with!!!
 
Emily is nearly 3 and I can't imagine her sitting still on a bus on her own and not being noticed? Children of that age don't have a long concentration span. I am so surprised (& relieved) that he was not involved in an accident or he was not upset and confused at some point?
 
harwood red said:
it was a very weird experience, was in town when the lad went missing, but didn't know at the time... back at work, we heard the helicopter flying overhead and have to say its the first time I have heard announcements made from a helicopter. It was hovering over the town centre announcing the little lad had gone missing and what he looked like and was wearing...very pro-active on the police's part I must admit. I was racking my brain if I had seen a small boy go past me when I was down there but couldn't remember seeing anything...

Just glad he was found... in defence of the bus driver, if the little lad walked on behind an adult he would've presumed he was with them, it is more on the bus I think it is strange that no one commented on who the lad was with!!!
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i agree with you there ; its not the bus drivers who is at failt but the people who was lookin after this little boy ; children are goin missin everyday ; these;s days you would think that in a busy town you would keep them very close to you ;
 
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