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 toddler’s parents, police said.
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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.
Paramedics treated a three-year-old girl who spent four hours alone on a parked school bus in NSW.
Credit: AAP
It is understood the girl, who spent about four hours trapped alone on the bus, 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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