[Crimson Dynamo]

Bexleyheath bus driver Martin Asolo-Agogua sentenced



Up all night partying and smoking cannabis. Didn't sleep a wink. Got into his
bus at 8.00am, fell asleep at the wheel and killed a nine-year-old girl. Jailed for
four years. Will be out in two.

A bus driver has been jailed for four years for killing a nine-year-old girl when
he fell asleep at the wheel in Bexleyheath.

Martin Asolo-Agogua had not been to sleep after a night of partying when he
turned up to his 8am shift on August 3 last year.

He was seen yawning and nodding off before his bus swerved onto the
pavement on Watling Street, killing Ada Bicacki and narrowly missing her
five-year-old brother.

The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and
driving whilst unfit through drugs (cannabis).

On Monday, June 9, he was sentenced to four years in prison.



In his short spell as a bus driver numerous complaints were made about his
driving – including occasions when he damaged the bus by hitting stationary
vehicles or bus stops.

He was briefly suspended following an incident in May when he stopped too
abruptly, causing a child passenger to fall on the floor.

However, he was given “the benefit of the doubt” and his suspension was
lifted a short time later.

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