{"id":2379,"date":"2025-04-23T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:55:18","slug":"bus-driver-admits-killing-nine-year-old-girl-while-high-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/bus-driver-admits-killing-nine-year-old-girl-while-high-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus driver admits killing nine-year-old girl while high on drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22956630 lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEC_248506109-d2f4.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Ada Bicakci and her five-year-old brother were hit on Watling Street, Bexleyheath in August last year. (Picture: PA\/SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bus driver has admitted to hitting and killing a nine-year-old girl while high on cannabis in <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\">London<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Ada Bicakci and her five-year-old brother were hit on Watling Street, Bexleyheath in August last year. <\/p>\n<p>Martin Asolo-Agogua, 23, who was behind the wheel of a double decker bus, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving and driving while unfit through drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The siblings, who were with a family member at the time, were taken to hospital where Ada died two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Ada, a Turkish and British national, was a \u2018keen\u2019 gymnast and swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on behalf of the Bacakci family, shared on their GoFundMe page, explained that Ada\u2019s organs were donated to help six other children.<\/p>\n<p>It read: \u2018We have been hit and shattered into pieces, one became six, living in new places.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thanks are not enough to show our gratitude. We\u2019ll honour Ada with acts of magnitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The funds will support those who helped us through, from emergency services to our hospital too. We lost count of who soaked us in love.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Judge Ben Gumpert KC warned Asolo-Agogua he faces prison time, saying: \u2018You have pleaded guilty to a very serious offence which has resulted in a young child losing her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The circumstances of this offence are such that in my view it is inevitable that you will be sent immediately to prison.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ada Bicakci and her five-year-old brother were hit on Watling Street, Bexleyheath in August last year. (Picture: PA\/SWNS) A bus driver has admitted to hitting and killing a nine-year-old girl while high on cannabis in London. Ada Bicakci and her five-year-old brother were hit on Watling Street, Bexleyheath in August last year. 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