The Greenville Sheriff's office says they were contacted Wednesday morning at approximately 7:45 am concerning a 2 year old boy found by a Greenville Transit Authority bus driver.
Deputies say the boy wandered away from the nearby Emerald Commons Apartment Complex, while his mother was asleep. Investigators say the boy walked toward an intersection of White Horse Road, where he tried to get on a bus.
Investigators say the bus driver, Carolyn Downs, took the child and tried to look for his parents without success. The driver then drove the child to the Greenville Transit Authority Office and contacted the Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were able to knock on doors until they found the child's parents. They say his mom wasn't even aware he was gone.
Downs said she’s been driving the bus for more than 20 years and knows the route like the back of her hand.
She said she saw the boy near her stop in a diaper, T-shirt and no shoes.
“Where’s mommy?” she asked. She said the boy just pointed and said “Mommy work.”
So she put him on the bus.
As a mother and grandmother she said “instinct just kicked in.”
The Sheriff’s Office says they don't expect to charge the mother in this case. The investigation is ongoing.
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