Dad reveals baby girl lucky to be alive after horror bus crash where tot was ‘catapulted’ over five rows
A DAD has told how his baby daughter cheated death when she was “catapulted” over five rows of seats on a bus.
Callum Robertson, 25, feared the worst as his nine-month-old girl Ivy flew through the air after the driver made an emergency stop.
And when he took the shaken tot to hospital, medics said she’d been “lucky” to survive the scare.
The terrifying incident came as the chef, from Springburn, Glasgow, was returning from a day trip to Ayr with his wife Jordan, 27, and their kids Ivy, Oliver, four, and Willow, three.
But as the busy Stagecoach service was heading through the city centre, a kid ran across its path — forcing the driver to slam on the brakes.
Callum said: “The stop was so sudden that Ivy was catapulted from her mum’s arms and flung halfway down the bus over five rows of seats.
“My baby and wife were badly hurt. But instead of stopping and calling an ambulance, the driver continued to the Buchanan Bus Station.”
Callum claimed: “The staff there weren’t very helpful.
“They told us how to get another bus to the hospital.
“My other two children were petrified and said to me, ‘Please don’t take us on a bus again.”
The mum and three youngsters were treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Callum added: “A doctor there told us the incident could have been fatal for Ivy and that we had been very, very, lucky.
“My kids have been left battered and bruised and my wife is still in terrible pain with whiplash.”
A Stagecoach West Scotland spokesman said: “On May 10, our X77 bus had to perform an emergency stop to avoid a child who had run into the road on Hope Street, Glasgow.
“Our driver checked on passengers to determine if they needed immediate medical assistance.
“The bus continued to Buchanan Bus Station, where first aid was provided to passengers who required it.”