London bus driver who killed girl, 9, after falling asleep due to smoking cannabis jailed for four years
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00:00A London bus driver who killed a nine-year-old girl when he fell asleep at the wheel after
00:04taking drugs has been jailed for four years. 23-year-old Martin Osolo Oguga mounted a pavement
00:10and hit Ada Bakaki and her five-year-old brother in Watling Street, Bexley Heath last August.
00:15The girl was riding her bike in front of other members of her family who managed to jump to
00:20safety. Both children were rushed to hospital just after 9am on the 3rd of August, but Ada
00:25died from her injuries two days later. Osolo Oguga was still under the influence when he
00:29got behind the wheel after smoking cannabis the night before. He was sentenced at Woolwich
00:34Crown Court on Monday for causing the schoolgirl's death. He pled guilty to causing death by dangerous
00:39driving and driving while unfit through drugs at an earlier hearing.