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Pre-schooler died from heat: Bus driver may be charged
Shane Superville
An autopsy on the body of three-year-old Isaiah Hazel confirmed he died of hyperthermia caused by extreme heat and dehydration.
He was found on the floor of a school bus in Couva, having apparently been there for several hours.
Police said charges of manslaughter may be forthcoming against the bus driver, who remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital after reportedly suffering a panic attack while police were interviewing her on Thursday.
Agree 100%maj. tom wrote:You all know that a school bus driver is supposed to walk through the bus aisle and check each seat at the end of each shift when they park the bus right? What yuh feel, they transporting pig and sheep? Why the child didn't open the window? Because he's 4, he's a toddler, the heat and dehydration made him confused, how the f*ck he supposed to know how to operate a maxi window at 4 years old and under all that stress?
The MoE needs to regulate this entire school bus operation more rigidly with proper training for the drivers. This is one case too many. I really hope the Minister makes a statement on this and requires mandatory training for those drivers applying for the school bus programme. This is NOT comparable to private car incidents that happen all over the world where the parent forgot their child in the back seat or just coming back to just pick up a few things at a Walmart. This was a school bus!
maj. tom wrote:You all know that a school bus driver is supposed to walk through the bus aisle and check each seat at the end of each shift when they park the bus right? What yuh feel, they transporting pig and sheep? Why the child didn't open the window? Because he's 4, he's a toddler, the heat and dehydration made him confused, how the f*ck he supposed to know how to operate a maxi window at 4 years old and under all that stress?
The MoE needs to regulate this entire school bus operation more rigidly with proper training for the drivers. This is one case too many. I really hope the Minister makes a statement on this and requires mandatory training for those drivers applying for the school bus programme. This is NOT comparable to private car incidents that happen all over the world where the parent forgot their child in the back seat or just coming back to just pick up a few things at a Walmart. This was a school bus!
maj. tom wrote:Weird how in USA and Canada school districts require that you have to go through training courses at certified schools to become a school bus driver, which covers things like safety, fitness, mental evaluation and drug tests.
In Trinidad it seems like you just need a yellow maxi and a driver's licence. This case is manslaughter by negligence of duty.
Air Canada: Woman wakes up alone on dark, parked plane
23 June 2019
A woman has said she was left alone on an Air Canada plane after falling asleep during a flight.
Tiffani Adams said she fell asleep while flying from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June. When she woke up, she was freezing cold and still buckled into her seat, but the aircraft was parked.
She said she had experienced "reoccurring night terrors" since the incident took place.
Air Canada has confirmed the incident occurred and is investigating.
Ms Adams said on Facebook that she woke up "around midnight [a few hours after the flight landed] freezing cold still trapped in my seat in complete darkness."
She said the experience was "terrifying".
Ms Adams managed to call her friend Deanna Dale to let her know where she was when her phone died less than a minute into the call.
She was unable to charge her phone as the plane had been shut down.
Ms Dale called Toronto Pearson Airport and told them of Ms Adams' whereabouts.
While she was on board, Ms Adams managed to locate a torch in the cockpit of the plane and attempted to attract attention.
She was found by a luggage cart operator who she claimed was "in shock".
Ms Adams said that Air Canada staff offered her a limousine and a hotel but she declined, wanting to return home as quickly as possible.
She added that representatives from Air Canada had called her twice as part of the investigation and apologised.
Air Canada confirmed Ms Adams' account to multiple publications and said it was reviewing the incident.
Gem_in_i wrote:Such a sad thing. But the driver dont know who she pick up and dropping off for tht trip?
She suppose to know this....Also suppose to make a sweep check of her maxi before she returned home to ensure noting was left behind...not even a lunch kit....she was very lazy not to do this...she should be charged at least for negligence and should not be allowed to operate this maxi againGem_in_i wrote:Such a sad thing. But the driver dont know who she pick up and dropping off for tht trip?
Spitfir3 wrote:unfortunate and while i do feel sorry for the driver you can't deny it was just pure negligence
these school vans drop the same children off everyday, its your duty to make sure each one of them accounted for not to mention a routine check on the bus once you go offduty especially considering you dealin with toddlers, hell even green band maxi men does do this
Blaze d Chalice wrote:But I would still like to hear what the other children passengers say too.
If he was on a end seat, someone would have had to pass over him.
If he was by the window, the person next to him didn't call him out?
Where he was, in the back seat by himself?
And why is the child sleeping away on the bus? - Why didn't he get a good night sleep?
The home/parents should be investigated as well.
I saw many people beat up over the choice of the picture the news used, saying how they could have used one where the child was not looking so angry, but was there any?
I know some people will say I being mean, but that is the reality we living in.
rspann wrote:I hear that the mother said she wakes him at 4am because she has to be out the house by 6am. Also he had the cold so she gave him cough medicine. Musbe the drowsy type. In a small bus you would see the whole bus from the driver's seat. You not thinking a child could be hidden behind a seat and silent too. You would expect the child came out at his stop. How come the child next to him didn't say he was still on the bus asleep?
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