Three small children remained at a bus stop on Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak without adult supervision because the driver of an Egged 402 bus closed the doors of the bus in their father?s face, stopping him from getting off the bus with them, the daily HaMevaser reports. The father got off at the next stop, about 15 minutes later, and he ran back towards his children, who were quite hysterical.
According to eyewitnesses to the erev Shabbos event in Bnei Brak, the father was alone with four small children, the youngest an infant. The father boarded the bus with the eldest child, Sholom, asking the driver to wait a moment as he looked for a familiar face, a person who would watch over the children on the trip from Bnei Brak to Yerushalayim, and instruct the children when to get off. The avreich was sending his children for Shabbos bus he was remaining in Bnei Brak.
As he found the person who accepted responsibility for the children, the driver closed the doors and began driving off. Three children were left alone on the sidewalk, now hysterically screaming and crying as the saw the bus driving off. The avreich shouted and pleaded with the driver to open the doors, but he ignored the plea and continued driving. The driver then told the avreich that he already left the bus stop and therefore, it is illegal for him to open the doors. The avreich continued pleading with him, but the driver continued on his route.
Passengers on the bus turned around and saw the hysterical children, as well as passersby stopping to comfort them, seeking to learn why they were crying and hysterical.
After about 15 minutes of bumper to bumper Bnei Brak traffic the bus arrived at the next stop. The father and Sholom got off and they headed back to the children, who were still quite hysterical when they arrived.
HaMevaser turned to Egged for a response and an explanation. Egged promised to probe the matter thoroughly.
Egged spokesman Ron Ratner released the following statement following the bus company?s investigation. ?An investigation into the incident revealed the following. The father and son got on the bus at the Gan Warsaw stop. The father told the driver he was pay in a moment. The driver assumed the avreich and his son were traveling on the bus to Yerushalayim.?
?The driver claims that he was never made aware of the children left behind at the bus stop. He insists this is so. The driver was only made aware of the situation when the bus reached Chazon Ish Street and the driver told the father he would stop when it is safe.?
YWN-ISRAEL adds: Would one expect a driver who would leave small children crying hysterically at a bus stop along to admit to such actions?
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(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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