Crash victims on school camp

Police have named 36-year-old Andre Vogel as the driver that was killed in a crash on Reporoa overnight.

Passenger Gabriel Runge was the 16-year-old lost in life in the same crash.


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Another 16-year-old remains in critical condition in Waikato Hosptial.

The remainder of the group with less severe injuries were taken to Rotorua Hospital.

Police say the group involved in the crash were visiting New Zealand on a school camp.

'Two teachers and seven students from Noosa Pengari Steiner School in Queensland had been in New Zealand for about one week,” says a statement from police.

'Yesterday the group had walked the Tongariro Crossing and were making their way back towards Rotorua when the crash happened. They were due to return to Australia on Sunday.”

Those involved in the crash, and their families, are requesting privacy at this time and we would ask that you respect their wishes.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.

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