6 Year Old Boy Dies In School Bus After Being Left There Throughout School Hours.

Abdul Malak Al Awadh, 6, was sleeping when
the bus reached his private school in city of
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. According to Saudi daily Okar,
all the students got off, but none of them woke him up.

The driver took the bus to the parking lot and
left it there until the end of the school day. By the
time he returned later to pick up students, Abdul was
found dead, having died of suffocation in the bus.

Abdul Malak’s father and uncle said that the school
was responsible for his tragic death.

"My nephew did not suffer from any ailment or
health issue when he got on the bus with his
classmates to go to school," Abdul's uncle Yahya
Al Awadh, told Okaz.

"When he was late to come home at the end of
the school day, his father became worried and
tried to contact the school, but no one answered
him. He later received a phone call from the school
administration informing him that his son was sick.
He went there with his wife and both had the
shock of their lives when they heard that their
only son was dead. They felt devastated." He added.

The uncle said the family was puzzled over the
absence of a chaperone to accompany the young
students on the bus to and from school. He said
the family was also shocked that the school had
failed to contact them to ask about the reason
their son did not attend classes that day.

The head of the education district in Jeddah
Province Abdullah Al Thaqafi, ordered an immediate
investigation of the incident. The police launched
their own probe into the tragedy. "Investigators
are questioning all parties following the medical
report that determined the causes of death,"
a security source said.

Source: Gulf News

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