Family demands answers, woman faces felony after child found trapped on bus for hours

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The family of a 5-year-old girl is demanding accountability after they say the child was trapped on an Arka Montessori daycare bus in Forney for about two hours in triple-digit heat. Their attorney, Michael Collier of The Collier Law Firm, said it was the girl's first week of school and she fell asleep on the bus. "This was the first week of school for her, and just like everybody else, she was tired.

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• Mom came to the daycare and began searching for her daughter," Collier said.
• The girl's mother and sister searched inside the building before going outside and shouting her name, according to the family.
• The family said no one realized something was wrong until the girl's older sister arrived to pick her up and daycare staff said the 5-year-old was not there.
• From inside that daycare bus, a little girl started banging on that bus door.
• The girl's mother took her to a hospital, where she said her daughter was treated for dehydration.

What to take from it

The family alleges the girl had been on the bus in triple-digit heat for about two hours. "Texas has specific requirements designed to prevent exactly this type of incident. When a childcare center transports children, every child is supposed to be accounted for," Collier said.

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Her father, Sorie Tejan, said the family wants justice. 14 to go to Arka Montessori for after-school care. She gets on the bus, she fell asleep on the bus.