Wisconsin bus driver rescues lost infant from freeway overpass: 'Oh my god, I'm shaking'

Driver Irena Ivic saw the year-old girl on the side of the road cold and crying.

January 10, 2019, 3:41 PM

A Wisconsin bus driver is being recognized for her heroic actions.

Irena Ivic, a driver for the Milwaukee County Transit System, was stunned when she saw a young child running barefoot down a highway overpass on the morning of Dec. 22.

PHOTO: Video shared by the Milwaukee County Transit System shows bus driver Irena Ivic stopping her bus to rescue a crying child that was wandering barefoot down a highway overpass early on Dec. 22, 2018.
Video shared by the Milwaukee County Transit System shows bus driver Irena Ivic stopping her bus to rescue a crying child that was wandering barefoot down a highway overpass early on Dec. 22, 2018.
MCTS

In video released by the MCTS, you can see Ivic driving down the street when she spots the small girl, who was less than a year old and dressed only in a onesie.

Ivic quickly ran across the busy street, stopping traffic in the process, to grab the cold and crying child.

“Oh my God, I’m shaking," Ivic can be heard saying when she returns to the bus with the girl.

PHOTO: Video shared by the Milwaukee County Transit System shows bus driver Irena Ivic stopping her bus to rescue a crying child that was wandering barefoot down a highway overpass early on Dec. 22, 2018.
Video shared by the Milwaukee County Transit System shows bus driver Irena Ivic stopping her bus to rescue a crying child that was wandering barefoot down a highway overpass early on Dec. 22, 2018.
MCTS

A passenger then gave the child her coat to help keep the girl warm until the fire and police departments arrived on the scene.

The MCTS said in a statement that the baby was unharmed.

This is the ninth lost or missing child to be found by bus drivers in recent years, according to MCTS.