Melbourne private school Kilvington grammar charged over death of student after Vietnam excursion

Worksafe also charged World Travel Expeditions after Lachlan Cook, 16, died in hospital following health complications

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A travel company and a Melbourne private school have been charged over the death of a student who became unwell on a school trip.

The Kilvington grammar school student, Lachlan Cook, 16, suffered diabetes complications during a trip to Vietnam in September 2019 and later died in hospital in Melbourne.

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