WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A Waukegan couple says their 5-year-old son was left on a school bus on Thursday.
Darrin Dunn said his son fell asleep on the trip between his home and the Robbie Lightfoot Learning Center.
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He said around 10 a.m. his girlfriend called him to tell him his son never made it to school.
Dunn said the bus company told him they did a check at the school and another at the bus yard, but didn't see the sleeping child. When he woke up, he was scared and crying.
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Waukegan School District 60 said in a statement "There are statutes and safety requirements in place and we are disappointed to see that safeguards were not properly adhered to in this instance."