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the Specialist Reporting Team's Celina Edmonds and Evan Young

Civic Disability Services chief apologises to family after 'entirely preventable' death of 11yo autistic boy

Alex Raichman's death has had a profound impact on his parents, Dale Raichman and Sharon Braverman. (ABC News: Brendan Esposito)

The head of a disability services provider has publicly apologised to the family of an 11-year-old autistic boy who died after he escaped from respite care and was hit by a train.

A coronial inquest found the death of Alex Raichman in April 2018 was "entirely preventable if adequate safety measures had been in place".

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