Victims involved in a fatal Christmas Eve accident have spoken about their relief to be alive, after the bus crash that killed two of their fellow passengers.
On Christmas Eve, a bus carrying 54 people crashed down a 100-metre bank off State Highway 2 in Gisborne.
Two people - Sione Taumalolo, 11, and Talita Moimoi, 33 - died.
Many on board were teenage members of the touring band from Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Tonga, along with their teachers and supporters. The group were on their way to Gisborne to perform in the Wesleyan Methodist Church near Roebuck Rd on Christmas Day.
Two passengers, one who lost a leg as a result of the crash, have been in Hawke's Bay Hospital since the incident.