23 Jan 2013

Second group of volunteers back from Kenya

10:06 am on 23 January 2013

A second group of volunteers from Tauranga's Bethlehem College involved in a fatal minivan crash in Kenya has returned to New Zealand.

The van rolled into a ditch during heavy rain on 15 January, killing former pupil Caitlin Dickson, Brian and Grace Johnston, and Kenyan driver Christopher Mmata.

The group were travelling from the port city of Kisumu to the small village of Mahanga and were in Africa as part of the college's missionary programme.

Four students from the group returned home on Monday with the bodies, with five more volunteers arriving on Tuesday.

Bethlehem College principal Eoin Crosbie says five members of the group are still recovering in Nairobi Hospital.

Mr Crosbie says about $28,000 has been raised so far for the Kenyan and New Zealand families of the victims.