Toddler’s close call on busy road in Malappuram

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Passengers on a bus heading towards Feroke held their breath for a few tense moments on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) morning when a toddler was spotted sitting in the middle of a wet road at Valiyaparamba near Pulikkal.

The child, believed to be over a year old, had wandered onto the road from the nearby home, while the child’s parents attended to their morning chores. The toddler was the child of one Rameez.

As the bus approached, driver Ramachandran spotted the child a few metres ahead and brought the vehicle to a halt. Conductor Navas then ran out and lifted the toddler to safety before another vehicle reached the spot.

Passengers watched the dramatic moments unfold in silence, fearing the worst as the child sat on the rain-soaked road. Relief swept through the bus when the conductor safely carried the toddler away from danger.

The incident, captured by the bus’s surveillance camera, has since been widely shared on television and social media, leaving many viewers shocked at how close the child came to a tragedy and praising the alertness of the bus crew.

On social media, however, reactions turned critical, with many people questioning and blaming the parents for lapse in supervision.

What could have ended in disaster instead became a story of timely intervention, thanks to the presence of mind shown by the driver and the conductor.