Police allege the 3-year-old was left inside the minibus for several hours before being found dead in the carpark outside a local school.
A 45-year-old man from Bentley Park who was the alleged driver of the blue Goodstart Early Learning bus, and a 34-year-old female employee from Manunda who was also on the bus have each been charged with one count of manslaughter, Queensland Police said in a statement.
But the boy was then allegedly left inside the vehicle unattended for several hours before being found dead in the carpark outside Hambledon State School in the southern suburb of Edmonton at 3.15pm.A police forensic officer inspects the minibus in Cairns. Picture: Brendan RadkePolice allege the boy was left inside the vehicle unattended for several hours.
She offered her deepest condolences to the family of the boy, adding in a statement that the company had decided to “temporarily suspend” its bus services.
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