/ 14 June 2023

‘Suffering’ bus driver heads home on bail

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

Brett Button – the man driving the bus carrying 35 wedding guests when it rolled on Sunday – was yesterday granted bail after appearing in the Cessnock Local Court. Police alleged the bus was travelling “too quick” when it rolled at a roundabout near the Hunter Expressway at Greta in NSW’s Hunter Valley region at around 11.30pm and said witnesses had given evidence of “prolonged dangerous driving” leading up to the crash that killed 10 people. They were Nadene McBride and her daughter Kyah, Kane Symons, Angus Craig, Darcy Bulman, Zach Bray, Andrew Scott and his wife Lynan, Tori Cowburn and Rebecca Mullen. Many were keen sportspeople linked to the Singleton Roosters Aussie Rules club. It has launched a fundraiser to “raise as much as we can to help the families” impacted by the tragedy.

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