A BUS driver has been charged with drug-driving after a girl was hit by a bus and killed in a tragic crash. Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the horrific collision with a bus driven by Martin Asolo-Agogua, 23, in Bexleyheath, south east London. Asolo-Agogua was charged on Thursday with causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs.
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Police said he was also charged with driving whilst over the drug limit. Ada's five-year-old brother was also struck and taken to hospital as a precaution. The nine-year-old was a Turkish-British national that lived in Bexleyheath with her family and attended a local primary school. She also attended a Turkish school in south-east London and was a keen gymnast and swimmer. Ada's organs were donated and she went on to help six other people following her tragic death, her family said.
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They also shared two pictures of their daughter, including one that shows her having had her hair cut for donation. Asolo-Agogua, from Nunhead, south London, was arrested on the day of the crash on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving and drug-driving. The horror crash took place on Watling Street on the morning of August 3, 2024. A GoFundMe page was set up for Ada by her family and raised more than £14,000.
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Metropolitan Police said at the time of the crash: "Police were called to the scene where a bus had collided with two children in Watling Street near the junction with Halcot Avenue on the morning of Saturday, 3 August 2024. "Both children were taken to hospital and, despite the best efforts of medical staff, nine-year-old Ada Bicakci sadly died in the afternoon of Monday, 5 August. "Ada’s family continue to be supported by specialist officers.".
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