Video Shows Bus Driver Saving Baby Found Sitting in the Middle of the Street

This is one of those stories that just goes to show how negligent some parents are when it comes to the safety of their children. In our opinion, they shouldn't have custody if things like this are going to happen.

Several days ago in San Antonio, TX., bus cameras captured the image of a baby girl sitting in the middle of the road, directly in the path of oncoming traffic. "From a distance I can't tell exactly what it is," driver Mike Hubbard told WOAI-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Antonio. "It looks like a dog, something moving around, I can't really tell what it was. ... I started slowing down and then I noticed it's a baby in the middle of the street."

Hubbard stopped the bus just feet from the 14-month-old child, who was later identified as Destiny Flores. A few seconds later her father came running out of the house and scooped her up, not saying a word to Hubbard as he left.

According to a report on WOAI-TV, Destiny's mother, Catherine Gonzales, 25, said she and her husband heard the bus's brakes and horn that night while they were watching TV in their living room. She said they don't how their daughter got outside. "We had the door open, but there's a screen door," she told the station. "I had the lock on it, but I don't know, maybe I didn't put it all the way and she just snuck out. I really can't even tell you."

According to AOL News, Destiny's mother appeared on NBC's "Today" show Friday morning with her sister-in-law and Hubbard, the bus driver credited with finding the girl before any collision could have taken place. "Today" said Gonzales' girls were taken away for a few days last month by Child Protective Services and then returned to the family. Apparently the Child Protective Services' investigation goes beyond what is seen on the videotape and includes possible drug and alcohol abuse by Destiny's father and domestic violence.

This lady shouldn't have her babies... if she does, she needs a full-time babysitter. We can't figure out how a 14-month-old could waddle past her parents (without them seeing) and manage to open the door herself. Bottom line... total irresponsibility!

Source:
WOAI.com San Antonio News. Shocking Video: Baby in the street. May 19th, 2010.
AOL News. Video Shows Bus Driver Saving Baby in Street. May 22nd, 2010.