Benjamin Blake was the only one to survive the crash that claimed the lives of four of his friends.
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A Chilean man who survived a crash that killed four of his friends will undergo one more operation this week and hopes to head home early next month.
Benjamin Blake, 25, has been in Waikato Hospital since the crash at National Park two weeks ago.
Argentine skifield workers German Caceres,
35, Agustin Donofrio, 25, Luciano Pucheta, 19, and Nicolas Ursic, 27, were killed in the head-on collision as they drove back to their accommodation at Whakapapa after an indoor soccer game.
The Holden Commodore the five men were in was overtaking in a dip in the road, just north of the Makatote Viaduct, when a truck and trailer came around a corner from the opposite direction, police said.
Mr Blake, also a skifield worker, suffered multiple broken bones and has had a number of operations.
