Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has been convicted but not fined following the death of an 11 year old girl in a chaotic bus crash five years ago.
11 year old Hannah Francis was killed and several others injured when the brakes on the bus they were travelling on over-heated and failed, crashing down Ohakune Mountain Road in July 2018.
A Worksafe investigation found the company had not maintained its fleet or adequately trained its drivers.
At the Waitakere District Court this afternoon, RAL which owned and operated the bus was convicted but avoided a fine because the company is now in liquidation.
Our reporter Finn Blackwell is at the court and spoke to Lisa Owen.
