Girl, 2, found alive in suitcase on NZ bus
A two-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after being found in a suitcase on a New Zealand bus. Photo: AAP
A New Zealand woman has been arrested on a child neglect charge after a bus driver found a two-year-old girl alive in a suitcase that was stowed in the luggage compartment.
The bus driver noticed movement inside the bag during a planned stop on Sunday at the settlement of Kaiwaka, north of Auckland, after a passenger asked for access to the luggage compartment, Detective Inspector Simon Harrison said.
When the driver opened the suitcase, the two-year-old girl was found, very hot but otherwise appeared physically unharmed, Harrison said.
The child was taken to a hospital, where she remained on Sunday night.
The arrested woman was charged with ill-treatment or neglect of a child and will appear in court on Monday.
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