Police in Queensland have charged two women for allegedly leaving a toddler on a bus for six hours, near Rockhampton in early May.
Just before 4pm on Tuesday, the police announced that two Gracemere women had been charged with one count each of grievous bodily harm.
Three-year-old Neveah Austin made a miraculous recovery, after being found in a critical condition on a daycare bus in Gracemere.
The women, aged 30 and 31, allegedly picked up Neveah at about 8.30am on May 4 and drove to a childcare centre in Gracemere where they parked the bus and left the her in it.
Three-year-old Nevaeh Austin (pictured) was unresponsive when found on the bus at a childcare centre
Another staff member allegedly drove the van to a school in Gracemere at about 2.45pm, and saw Nevaeh unconscious in the back of the bus.
Temperatures had soared to nearly 30C on the day she was left in the van.
She was taken into the centre where staff started CPR and called the emergency services.
Neveah was rushed to Rockhampton Base Hospital in a critical condition and was then flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
A couple of days later, her grandmother, Pamela Parker, appeared on morning television shows to say Neveah was ‘awake, smiling, and eating ice-cream’.
‘She’s calling out, squealing and laughing, poking her tongue out – she’s doing awesome,’ Ms Parker said.
She has since made an astonishing recovery and returned home.
The two accused women are due to appear in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on July 26.
A child’s booster seat was visible as officers took pictures from multiple angles, jotted down notes and discussed their findings