Schoolgirl dies after being locked in private bus
"Aimen Zeeshan, a four and-half-year-old Pakistani girl died on Thursday after allegedly being left locked inside a private school bus for at least three hours."
Updated news on 16.05.09 : http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/General/10314037.html
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Dubai: A four-and-half-year-old Pakistani girl studying in a kindergarten in Mussaffah industrial area died Thursday afternoon after allegedly being locked inside a private bus for at least three hours, the girl's father told Gulf News.
"Aiman Zeeshan used to go to the school by a private vehicle arranged by me," Zeeshanuddin, the child's father said.
"But when I went to pick her up from the school yesterday, I was told that she had not reached school," he said. The girl was supposed to be in school by 7.45am when the class begins.
"When contacted, the Pakistani driver told me he would check and later told me to reach Mussaffah industrial area where he had parked his vehicle.
"I was shocked to see the body of my child on the back seat of the vehicle", Zeeshanuddin said.
"It seems he left her behind on the back seat of the vehicle and locked it from outside", he said. He was not in a position to give more details.
Confirming the incident, a police official told Gulf News that cause of death is not known yet but the negligence of the driver is suspected in the case as per the preliminary investigation. The time and cause of the death will be confirmed after the autopsy, he added.
The school principal told Gulf News the girl was absent in the school several days until Tuesday. "On Wednesday, the class teacher wrote a note to the parents to send her regularly to the school.
Sometimes her father used to drop her and otherwise she came by the private vehicle but never took school bus", he explained. He said he was not aware of a regulation which insists that schools have to inform the parents if kindergarten pupils do not reach the school.
Source: gulfnews.com
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My heart stops for seconds whenever I reach such stories... what kind of negligence and irresponsible people are these?
