Atelea ‘Okati

Atelea ‘Ōkati, 29, died in the Veitongo crash along with another passenger on December 28.

TRU Chair Fe’ao Vunipola has confirmed the plan to Kaniva News and says the details of what they would offer to help ‘Okati’s four children and wife will be released once they are confirmed.

Okati most recently captained Tonga at the Oceania Sevens tournament in Fiji in November last year.

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper took to Twitter to express his reaction to the news of Okati’s death.

The other person killed was ‘Unaloto Lepa.

The crash occurred yesterday morning on Taufa’ahau Road in Veitongo.

Police said a car heading west driven by a 30 year-old man from Halaleva and carrying three passengers tried to overtake another car crashed head-on with a minibus that was heading east.

Apart from the deaths, two other passengers received major injuries and one is in a critical condition.

This latest fatal death brings the total number of deaths on the road in 2016 to 18.