Bus driver high on drugs who fell asleep at wheel and killed girl, 9, is jailed

Bus driver high on drugs who fell asleep at wheel and killed girl, 9, is jailed

Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the collision in Bexleyheath, south-east London, which left her with 'catastrophic injuries'

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