Parents sue school after teacher crashed minivan in NZ and killed their sonSUPPLIED Australian teenager Gabriel Conor Runge was 17 when he was killed in a vehicle crash on State Highway 5, near Reporoa, on November 28, 2014. Parents of an Australian teenager who was killed in a minivan crash during a school trip to New Zealand want compensation for psychological distress. His parents, Derrick Runge and Pamela Shorland, are suing their son's Queensland Steiner school for psychological injuries. READ MORE:* Crash victims on school trip to NZ* Coroner recommends school drive trip observersNoosa Pengari Steiner School hosted an outdoor education trip to Tongariro National Park and Vogel was one of the teachers driving the tour bus. Michael Layden, principal of Noosa Pengari Steiner School said a policy of hiring commercial buses, or dedicated drivers, to transport students had now been implemented.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 07:36 UTC