A THREE-year-old girl fell out of a bus’s emergency door and into the road as her grandmother watched in horror.

The girl’s family believe she is lucky to be alive after plunging into the path of a car.

Yellow Buses is investigating and has removed the bus from service as a precaution.

Little Kyesha Wilson had just got onto the bus for a shopping trip with her grandmother when the incident happened.

Grandmother Maria Legg said: “Kyesha always goes to the back to sit down. I went up to the back with her, just sat down and next thing I knew, she wasn’t there.

“I saw the door open and I screamed. I jumped out the door and she was rolling in the road.

“The driver of a Mini had stopped the car and picked Kyesha off the floor when I was running up to her.

“I didn’t stop to get the man’s name and thank him.

“When I came to my senses, I just thanked God she wasn’t under the wheels.”

The incident happened on the Yellow Buses number 1B on Saturday afternoon at Stour Road, Christchurch.

Maria was travelling from Christchurch to Boscombe and the bus had been in the busy traffic of Bargates only moments earlier.

Kyesha and her grandmother initially got back onto the bus.

“It was when we were going through Southbourne her eyes started rolling and she wanted to go to sleep,” said Maria, 42.

The pair got off at a taxi rank in Boscombe and hurried to Kyesha’s home in Springbourne, where her mother had rung for an ambulance. Paramedics decided she did not need hospital treatment but told the family to keep a close eye on her for 48 hours.

Kyesha’s mum Abbie, 20, said: “On Saturday night I had the worst night with Kyesha. She had three hours’ sleep all in all, screaming, telling me she didn’t want to get on the bus again and her head was hurting,” she said.

• Jenni Wilkinson, head of marketing at Yellow Buses, said they were relieved Kyesha was okay.

"All buses are required by law to have emergency doors. These are alarmed to ensure that if opened for any reason then the driver is made aware and, if the bus is moving, the vehicle is stopped,” she said.

“The doors are checked every day to ensure they are working correctly and the alarm is functional. In this particular case, the driver stopped the vehicle after the alarm sounded. Initial viewing of the onboard CCTV confirms Kyesha did go out of the door as the bus was travelling at a speed of 5mph.

“An adult, who we believe was her carer, can also be seen exiting the door after the bus stopped.

“Both Kyesha and her carer subsequently returned to continue their journey on the bus. Medical assistance was offered by our driver but turned down.

"We have checked the door and confirmed the alarm is working correctly. However, as a precaution the vehicle has been taken out of service while further investigations are carried out. Police were also informed."