Kids Dropped Off At Wrong Place By Bus Company In LIC: Report

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — An infamous school bus company in Queens that drives routes in Long Island City is dropping students off at the wrong place; the latest in a series of mishaps, according to a new report.

Grandpa's Bus Company first made headlines in 2018, when ABC News reported that drivers in Long Island City were getting lost, violating one-way street signs, and not having children buckle their seat belts.

As a result, the company removed a driver in Long Island City, and GPS systems were installed on busses to allow parents to track their kids, however these interventions haven't eliminated problems — the company is continuing to drop kids off at the wrong stops, much to the outrage of parents, the news outlet reported.

For instance, after classes ended at PS 384Q in Long Island City last Friday, second-grader Emma Chiu got on a bus to get home, but when the school bus pulled up to her stop, the seven-year-old wasn't on the bus.

"I climbed into the bus to look, and there was no Emma - and I was like, 'my daughter was supposed to get off at my stop, where is my daughter?' he said, 'I don't know," Linda Nguyen, Chiu's mom, told ABC News.

And she's not alone: other parents told the news outlet that they've had similar experiences with the bus company.

A spokesperson for Grandpa's Bus Company, however, told ABC News that they were unaware of repeated complaints and are now planning to address them "immediately."

The company spokesperson also acknowledged that the driver should not have dropped Chiu at the wrong place.

Read the full ABC News article here.