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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.”
Asolo-Agogua has now been bailed and is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on March 24.
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