Girl, 9, killed after being hit by London bus, as driver charged with driving while drunk or on drugs
14 February 2025, 18:27
A bus driver has been charged with causing the death of a 9-year-old girl in a collision last summer.
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Martin Asolo-Agogua, 23, is also charged with causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and driving while over the drug limit, after Ada Bicakci was killed last August.
Asolo-Agogua was driving the bus in Bexleyheath, south-east London when it hit Ada and her younger brother on the morning of August 3. A family member was with them at the time of the crash.
Both children were taken to hospital but Ada died two days later.
Her family continue to be supported by specialist officers.
He was arrested on the day of the incident on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving and drug-driving.
Asolo-Agogua, of Nunhead, also in south-east London, has been bailed. His next court date is at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on March 24.
The fatal collision took place in Watling Street near the junction with Halcot Avenue.
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Ada, a Turkish-British national, lived in Bexleyheath with her family and attended a local primary school.
She was a keen gymnast and swimmer and also went to a Turkish school in south-east London.
Her organs were donated and she went on to help six other people after her death, her family said.
