9-year-old lost after school bus drops her off in the wrong Ottawa neighbourhood
CTV
The first day of school can be hectic for most kids and parents, but one Ottawa family had a scare when the school bus dropped off their nine-year-old daughter in the wrong neighbourhood.
The first day of school can be hectic for most kids and parents, but one Ottawa family had a scare when the school bus dropped off their nine-year-old daughter in the wrong neighbourhood.
"When the bus pulled up, the doors open and we told the driver we were waiting for our daughter, but she wasn't on the bus," John Spicer said.
Spicer and his wife Jill Dyson reliving a nerve-wracking first day of school.
"The bus stopped and she saw houses that she thought were in our area," Spicer said. "And she got off the bus and started walking home. But she wasn't in our area."
Their daughter was let off blocks away from the corner she should have been dropped off at.
"I got off at the stop and they didn't ask any questions and it was long," Spicer's daughter said. "It was like a long walk."
New to Ottawa, she then had to figure out where to go and how to get home. She walked for more than 20 minutes on one of the hottest days of the summer after finally finding her house.