Keokuk daycare investigated for leaving boy on bus

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BY PCC STAFF

KEOKUK - A local private day care is currently under investigation by Iowa Department of Human Services for allegedly leaving a 4-year-old child on a bus for nearly four hours on Thursday, September 20th, according to a report from Keokuk Radio Z93 and KOKX 1310.

Keokuk Police Chief Dave Hinton said DHS officials filed a report with the Keokuk Police Department Friday afternoon regarding the incident at Rosie Posie Child Development Center, 2030 Plank Road in Keokuk.

Parents of the child told Radio Keokuk that an employee at the day care privately contacted them Thursday evening and informed them the child was taken off the bus at 2:45 p.m. after being picked up from a local preschool at 11 a.m. and was brought into the building where first aid was then rendered to cool the child down, however no call to medical services was made.

Whitney Wagaman, the owner of the daycare, was on leave and not at the center on the day of the incident, but the parents said Wagaman has denied the allegations and information provided by the employee. However DHS staff contacted the parents Monday and indicated the investigation confirmed the 4-hour time frame.

Temperatures on Thursday reached above 90 degrees. Inside a vehicle that temperature can reach up to 43 degrees higher according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, even with the windows cracked.

The incident remains under investigation.

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