Two women charged after child allegedly found unconscious on parked bus

Charges have been laid after a child was found on a parked bus in a rural town. A driver found the child hours later, allegedly unconscious in the back.

Two women have been charged after a three-year-old child was allegedly found unconscious on a bus in rural Queensland.

Police allege the women collected the child from a house in Gracemere, in Rockhampton on May 4, about 8.30am.

It’s further alleged they drove to a childcare centre in Gracemere, parked the bus and left the child on-board.

Another staff member later drove the bus to a school on Lucas St about 2.45pm and saw the child allegedly unconscious in the back of the bus.

Police at the scene in Gracemere where a child was found in critical condition on a parked bus.

The child was flown to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in a critical condition and has since recovered.

Two women, aged 31 and 30 from Gracemere, were on Tuesday each served a notice to appear in court on one count each of grievous bodily harm.

They are due to appear in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on July 26.