Overview
- CCTV shows a child’s legs trapped in the rear doors of a southbound Kinetic route 246 bus before the vehicle moved and dragged the boy for about 20 seconds, with passengers yelling for the driver to stop.
- The incident occurred on June 5 when the child and an adult boarded in Richmond and tried to alight at the Barkly Street/Waterloo Crescent stop in St Kilda.
- Kinetic has apologised, said its internal review found procedures were not followed, and said it has reinforced driver safety and incident-reporting protocols.
- Safe Transport Victoria has opened an investigation, publicly released CCTV to help identify the pair, later removed the footage from its page, and is urging witnesses or the unidentified adult to come forward.
- The case follows a March episode in which a 12-year-old was dragged about 350 metres and led to a driver’s dismissal, raising wider questions about door-safety practices, operator training, and regulator enforcement.