A New Zealand woman among four siblings killed in a horrific car accident in Samoa have been laid to rest together in a family plot.
Aucklander Valelia Faofua, 64, and three brothers Manuele, Paulo and Atonio Alefosio, died when the van they were in collided with a truck in the village of Lalomanu last week.
The siblings, who all lived overseas, had been visiting Samoa for a family reunion.
Yesterday hundreds gathered at a joint funeral for the four, who were buried together in their family village of Saleimoa.
The Samoa Observer reported members of the US Marines were also present, to pay respects to one of the brothers, Manuele, who had been in the Marines for 25 years.
