A mother is outraged that a bus driver allowed two children in her care onto his bus, but left her and her children behind.

Amanda Crowther was taking her three children and friend's two daughters to Riddlesden St Mary's CE Primary School and Nursery.

They planned to board the 708 Keighley to Riddlesden bus from Aireworth Road on Friday morning.

The driver pulled in, let the two girls, aged five and eight on, but told Amanda and her children they could not get on.

She assumes it was because the bus was full.

"Then he slammed the door on me and just took off, with the other two," says Amanda.

One of the two girls on the bus was said to have cried all the way to Riddlesden.

And Amanda's children, aged three, five and eight, screamed and ran after the bus.

She adds: "To my mind it's like abduction - it caused a lot of distress to the kids and to me."

A spokesman for Keighley & District Travel managing director, Stuart Wilde states a disciplinary inquiry on the driver began on Friday.

He adds: "As soon as he was alerted, K & DT's operations manager, Jeff Smith, rang the school to establish whether the children were safe and well.

"The driver himself ensured an adult passenger accompanied the children into St Mary's school so that at no time were they left without adult supervision."

Further measures have been taken by the bus company.

The spokesman says: "Since Monday, January 17, a much larger vehicle has been provided - a double decker - for that journey.

"That should prevent any future problems.

"A regular senior driver has now been allocated to that journey to improve customer care and ensure there's no likelihood of this happening again."

Eileen Jackson, head of St Mary's is "baffled" by the incident.

She adds: "I can't understand how that happened to those little girls - usually the bus drivers are very good."

But she says she is glad parents use public transport, rather than cars and that a bigger bus has been introduced.Bus driver

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