Long and painful journey to apology over Ella's death'
Daily Express|November 01, 2024
Government pays up after air pollution kills girl, nine
Steph Spyro
Long and painful journey to apology over Ella's death'

The mother of a schoolgirl killed by air pollution yesterday said she has accepted a government apology for her little girl's death.

But she said it had been a "long and painful journey" since tragic nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah passed away in 2013.

Ella suffered a fatal asthma attack after being exposed to traffic pollution near her home in Lewisham, South East London - and became the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death at a UK inquest.

Mum Rosamund acts as an administrator for Ella's estate, which sued the government's Transport, Health and Social Care and Environment departments for compensation over her "illness and premature death".

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