Summary The police took the girl to a hospital, where she was reunited with her mother.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 4-year-old Philadelphia girl has been returned safely to her parents after slipping out of her house at 3 a.m. and getting on a transit bus in search of a snack.
Bus driver Harlan Jenifer said the girl swung her legs as she chanted, "All I want is a slushie."
Surveillance video showed the preschooler sitting on the bus early Friday, chatting to other passengers. Jenifer stopped the bus and called police.
The police took the girl to a hospital, where she was reunited with her mother.
The girl s father, Timothy Ridgeway, says, "Thank God for the bus driver stopping."
Authorities say the girl s family didn t know she woke up and unlocked the back door before starting her trek through a downpour early Friday.
Officials don t plan to file charges.
