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Boy dies after bus collision

8:00am Tuesday 8th July 2008

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A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has died following a collision with a bus in Thamesmead at the weekend.

Jullian Jarratt, from Abbey Wood, died in hospital on Sunday.

The collision with a route B11 single decker bus happened Saturday (July 5) at 1.12pm in Bentham Road, near the junction with Austen Close.

He was taken by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital where he died at 9am the following day.

There were no reports of any other injuries and there have been no arrests.

Investigating officers say Bentham Road is a busy residential area at the centre of Thamesmead and they believe there would have been a number of people in the area who may have witnessed the fatal incident.

Anyone with any information should call the incident room on 020 8285 1574.

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Anon, erith says...
9:45am Tue 8 Jul 08

Another death of a child involving a bus.

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mt, says...
12:30pm Tue 8 Jul 08

happens to adults too.

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A Mum, Thamesmead says...
12:39pm Tue 8 Jul 08

Rest in peace Jullian.

Thoughts and prayers are with your family.

x

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Ricky, says...
3:48pm Tue 8 Jul 08

I am very sad to hear that Jullian has sadly left this cruel world, I was one of the first people to arrive after the accident, the police and air ambulance were very quick on the scene and I must praise all the emergency services involved on Saturday lunch time.
Thoughts with the family.

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Parent, Bexley says...
4:02pm Tue 8 Jul 08

I was at southmere lakes when we noticed the air ambulance on Sat, so very sad to hear of this poor childs loss of life,by the sounds of it their was alot of emergency services which tried to save this young childs life my thoughts are with the family

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a thamesmead mum, says...
4:35pm Tue 8 Jul 08

The gates of heaven opened wide.
the angels lined up side by side.
a special guest was on their way.
the day they took this angel away.

r.i.p jullian

godbless you sleep tight xxx

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A Bus Driver, Erith says...
5:34pm Tue 8 Jul 08

RIP to the young man who lost his life.

Also my thoughts go out to the Bud Driver.

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South East, South East says...
7:44pm Tue 8 Jul 08

Rest in Peace Julian I am so sad and sorry to hear you have been taken from your family and friends. The angels will look after you now. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends at this very sad time. My thoughts and prayers are with the bus driver and his family too at this tragic time. Good bless you all.

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South East, South East says...
7:47pm Tue 8 Jul 08

South East wrote:
Rest in Peace Julian I am so sad and sorry to hear you have been taken from your family and friends. The angels will look after you now. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends at this very sad time. My thoughts and prayers are with the bus driver and his family too at this tragic time. Good bless you all.

God bless you all.

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theword, here and there says...
8:05pm Tue 8 Jul 08

Anon wrote:
Another death of a child involving a bus.

So how many have there been then? You make it sound like a daily occurance!
My thoughts go out to the family and the bus driver

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So sad, Thamesmead says...
9:35pm Tue 8 Jul 08

My deepest sympathy to his family on such a tragic event, a young life taken far too early!! BUT WHY did it happen?

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ann, says...
11:12pm Tue 8 Jul 08

because he walked in front of the bus.

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me, here says...
10:08am Wed 9 Jul 08

ann on - why bother replying if all you can do is post nasty sarcastic comments ?

Sleep peacefully Julian - my thoughts are with you and your family at this very sad time XXX

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me myself and I, Bexley says...
11:41am Wed 9 Jul 08

ann wrote:
because he walked in front of the bus.

ann you are sick

My thoughts are also with the family and bus driver at this sad moment in time, it is a cruel world we live in made no better by the people who make comments such as above.
Sadly that is the age where children start to go out alone due to growing up that they are more at risk.

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A Mum, Thamesmead says...
2:04pm Wed 9 Jul 08

Poor Boy, Poor family, I could never imagine losing my kids! Bless you all and my thoughts and sympathy our also with the bus driver!!

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katie, says...
2:05pm Wed 9 Jul 08

ann- why the hell do you bother to post your comments, i suggest you dont post anymore before you start upsetting people.

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j, says...
11:06pm Wed 9 Jul 08

my thoughts go out to the family of this young boy. i know the poor bus driver and his in such a state and in bits just hope he can heal and get bk into his job again xxx

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a mum of a 12 yr old, Plumstead says...
11:40pm Wed 9 Jul 08

I didnt know this boy, but as a mum, good night and god bless, until you meet your family again, and I send my thoughts to them.

No one can or should judge what this boy done, what all us parents just hope and pray I kids dont do, so instead of making comments, just have a thought of his family.

Ann I just hope this never happens too you! cause I hope not but, if your a parent you can never say never!

RIP honey XXX

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Anon, London says...
2:43am Thu 10 Jul 08

So sad wrote:
My deepest sympathy to his family on such a tragic event, a young life taken far too early!! BUT WHY did it happen?

Why indeed did this happen? Centrecomm (the organisation that helps maintain the London Bus Network) has warned bus drivers numerous times over the last couple of days about; children playing chicken with buses in West Street Erith, youths hanging onto the back of buses as they pull away from bus stops in Abbey Wood, and one of the most bizarre, a middle-aged woman in Woolwich crawls beneath a bus while it is boarding passengers, then claims that the driver ran over her. Please please please stop treating buses, and indeed any vehicle as a toy. In the wrong hands, they can be dangerous. My thoughts go out to the family of this young victim, and to the driver of the B11, who has to live with this for the rest of his life.

RIP Jullian

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a friend, Kent says...
10:04am Thu 10 Jul 08

My thoughts go out to Julians parents, as a mother I cannot imagine what they are going through and hope I never have to find out.
I know the bus driver and his family and my thoughts go out to them too, although it was an accident it does not help the poor drivers state of mind, from my understanding there were two more children with Julian lets hope they get the help they need to get over and this and are not just swept under the carpet.
My heart goes out to everybody involved.
R.I.P. Julian xx

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Jessica, Thamesmead says...
9:35pm Thu 10 Jul 08

This happened just by my house, and i was here it happened bout an hour after i left.
Its so sad. And my dad is also a bus driver and he's friends with the man who was driving the bus. He's in such a state.
Thoughts are with Jullians family. god bless x

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K, says...
5:24pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Rest in Peace Julian and my thoughts are with all who knew him.

Also to the driver who i know and work with, my thoughts are with you.

R.I.P Little one

K - Fellow bus driver

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