EVEGREEN PARK, Ill. (WLS) — A driver is accused of leaving a child behind on a shuttle bus for nearly two hours in the southwest suburbs.
61-year-old Keitheia Adkins was charged with endangering the life of a child, according to the Evergreen Park Police Department.
The girl’s family reported her missing Friday afternoon, after failing to be dropped off at an after-school program, police said.
Police said she was last seen in the 8700 block of S. Washtenaw being picked up from school by a shuttle service. During transport, the shuttle driver fell ill and drove home, leaving the child inside the vehicle alone, police said.
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According to police, the driver entered her home at around 2:57 p.m. and left again at around 3:13 p.m. in another vehicle. More than an hour later, another women exited the house and opened the door of the bus. At 4:28 p.m., Adkins returned home and appeared to be looking for the girl.
At about 4:47 p.m., the Oak Lawn Police Department responded to the 800 block of S. 55th Court and found the missing girl.
She was unharmed and reunited with a parent, police said.
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