Two pyjama-clad kids on an escapade in search of food were thwarted by a vigilant bus driver in Burnaby Monday.
The girls, 10 and 12, were following a hand-drawn map, titled “Plan 1,” when they hopped on a bus which promised to take them to the spot marked “eat!” They had snuck out of the house to embark on the mission.
Driver Ed Boleak thought something seemed a little off, as the pair was unaccompanied shortly before midnight. He called in the Metro Vancouver Transit Police to help out.
Two officers, Const. Cho and Const. Cantera, responded and took the girls home.
“Unfortunately they didn’t realize how much potential danger they were putting themselves in, or the distress they were causing their parents,” reads a Facebook post from the Transit Police.
The post quotes Boleak as saying: “I’m glad to hear that it’s all good, but this is something we all would have done.”
Police remind the public that it’s not just drivers who can report something on transit.
“See something out of the ordinary on your bus? Let Transit Police know!”
If something unusual needs to be reported, call 604-515-8300 or text 87-77-77 but call 911 in an emergency.
