Man Pretended To Bus Driver And Was Picking Up Children: Police A 39-year-old man allegedly picked up children from a number of stops along Pine Ridge Road in Coombabah, near Paradise Point, on Monday morning. Photo: Courtesy Channel 7 A man accused of posing as a bus driver and using an unauthorised bus to collect school children on the Gold Coast has been found to be a legitimate bus driver who got lost on his route. Police initially believed a fake bus driver picked up children from a number of stops along Pine Ridge Road in Coombabah, near Paradise Point, on Monday morning and dropped them at Coombabah State High School. However, police later said the 39-year-old man was an actual Surfside bus driver on a Surfside bus who has been doing the route for a few weeks and became lost for a short time after having some trouble with the Go Card machines. After a parent contacted police, they found the bus parked on Pine Ridge Road and the driver nearby. Police said two children on the bus became confused and contacted police. A photo of a decommissioned Brisbane City Council bus numbered 253 and flagged as a "District Route Charter" was circulated in media as the bus used, but this was incorrect. The bus had been parked for a couple of days and happened to be close to where the children were dropped off and was mistaken for the bus used. The bus used was an actual Surfside bus. with Marissa Calligeros