FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The mother of a 13-year-old boy has accused a school bus driver of abandoning her child in an unfamiliar area of Fort Worth, Texas.
The enraged mother, whose identity was not reported, alleged in a police report that her young son's safety was endangered when he was forced to walk miles in an unfamiliar area during cold weather, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram said Wednesday.
The woman alleged that the unidentified bus driver forced her son, a student at Prairie Vista Middle School, to exit the bus after learning the child was not an assigned bus passenger.
The child had apparently attempted to take the bus to school Monday after spending the night at a friend's home, the mother said.
An official with the Petermann Southwest transportation company, which is responsible for all school district transportation, told the Star-Telegram the incident is under investigation.
"Our policy is we don't strand kids," said Kirk Wilkie, Petermann senior vice president of operations. "We want to transport them and then work out the issues. In this instance, there was incorrect instructions given to that driver by the dispatch department, and we're in the process of investigating how it happened."
