School relieved after missing schoolboy found
Updated April 06, 2009 20:54:00
Photo: Police say Tung Pham became lost after breaking away from his walking party to go to the toilet. (ABC TV)
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The Melbourne school which sent a group of students bushwalking in Tasmania's central highlands, is relieved a missing 14-year-old student has been found.
The boy from Gilson College spent the night lost in thick wilderness, in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park.
A rescue helicopter located the young boy near Fish River, after the pilot noticed a red backpack from the air.
He has minor injuries to his leg and is suffering from hypothermia.
Police say he became lost after breaking away from his walking party to go to the toilet.
The boy was reunited with teachers this afternoon and will return to Melbourne tonight.
In a statement, Gilson College says the boy's parents have been informed.
It says the school will be considering what steps need to be taken to ensure that this type of situation does not occur again.
Three boys from the same Seventh Day Adventist school went missing last week, in the Lake Mackenzie area.
They were found unhurt.
Topics: missing-person, police, mole-creek-7304, tas, vic, taylors-lakes-3038
First posted April 06, 2009 19:26:00
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