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Family of boy killed in crash reaches settlement

02:22 PM EST on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Associated Press

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The family of an 11-year-old boy killed in the crash of a church bus in northwestern South Carolina earlier this year will receive $450,000 under a settlement.

The Greenville News reported Wednesday the family of Austin Green reached the out-of-court settlement with insurance companies representing the bus driver and the church.

Austin was hurt Jan. 23 when the Lakeview Baptist Church bus taking several children home from an evening program ran off U.S. 178 near Liberty, rolled down an embankment and struck a tree. He died several days later.

The bus driver, Phillip Farmer, was later ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.

The settlement with Ricky Green and Lisa Bonilla, Austin's parents, was filed with the Pickens County clerk of court.

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