The driver of a tour bus involved in a fatal crash in Rotorua last year was sentenced to home detention and disqualified from driving.
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The tour bus was carrying 27 people - the majority of whom were Chinese tourists - when it rolled on State Highway 5, in Ngātira, west of Rotorua.*
Four adults and a young child were killed in the crash. Seven people received injuries requiring hospital care.
Following the crash, five helicopters, three ambulances and a St John manager were sent to the scene.
In the Rotorua District Court yesterday, Zhang Junwei was sentenced to four and a half months' home detention and disqualified from driving for 18 months.
He was also ordered to pay $1000 reparation to each of the victims or their families.
*Correction: The article has been amended to say the crash involved 27 people - the majority of whom were Chinese tourists.