A Boston University student appeared in a New Zealand court Friday on charges of careless driving over a car crash last weekend that claimed the life of three classmates and left another woman in critical condition.

Stephen Houseman, 20, has been charged with careless driving causing the deaths of Nicholas Jauberty, Daniela Lekhno and Austin Brashears, The New Zealand Herald reported.

He was also charged with four counts of careless driving causing injury. Kathy Moldawer, Alys McAlphine, Emily Melton and Margaret Theriault were all injured in the crash.

Houseman appeared in the Auckland District Court on Friday afternoon and was remanded without plea until his next court appearance in June. One of his arms was in a sling.

He was driving a white van carrying a group of students when it crashed Saturday on a rural highway on New Zealand's North Island.

With the exception of Theriault, the group had all been on an exchange program to Auckland University and Auckland University of Technology.