Boy, 4, killed after being hit by bus while visiting grandma at Kent hospital
Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for little Jan who was hit at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate, Kent, at roughly 4pm on Thursday. The bus, a white single decker vehicle, was travelling near the entrance to the A&E department. Jan left the hospital on foot where the collision took place, before he was rushed back inside the hospital and sadly pronounced dead a short while later. Jan, who was the youngest of five siblings, died only six days after his cousin's mum.
A GoFundMe was launched by Jan's mum to help cover the costs of his funeral. It reads: "My name is Azaria, today on the 7th of August 2025, me and my family went to visit our mum at Margate hospital. And my son who is only four-years-old fell under a bus and he died immediately.
"I am so lost, he was my son, my most beautiful little Jan. I don't know what to do I can't believe you are gone from me. I can't believe they couldn't save you, I can't believe this happened. I didn't even get to tell you how much I love you.
Please if anyone can help us to make his burial as beautiful as he was please I will be so grateful. Everyone is devastated, but that word doesn't feel like enough to explain how we are all feeling."
A spokesman for Kent Police said: "Witnesses, CCTV and dashcam footage are sought by officers investigating a fatal collision in Margate. Kent Police was called to Ramsgate Road shortly after 4pm on Thursday 7 August 2025 following a report of an incident involving a bus and a pedestrian outside Queen Elizabeth Queen Margaret Hospital.
"The bus, a white single decker vehicle, was travelling near the entrance to the A&E department. It is reported that the pedestrian, a four year old boy, left the hospital on foot and a collision took place. The child was taken inside the hospital and a short while later was sadly confirmed deceased. His next of kin has been informed."
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