Bus driver in fatal crash weeps as he appears in court
The driver of the bus involved in the deadly Hunter Valley wedding crash has wept as he appeared in court on Tuesday.
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The driver of the bus involved in the deadly Hunter Valley wedding crash has wept as he appeared in court on Tuesday.
Brett Andrew Button, 58, faced Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday morning and applied for bail after spending the night in custody following the horror accident.
Brett Andrew Button, 58, has been released with strict conditions after being granted bail by Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday morning.
Tributes are pouring in for a Tasmanian man in his 20s who was killed in the tragic Hunter Valley crash on Sunday night, as the driver of the bus is released on bail.
Police allege a bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side in heavy fog, killing 10 wedding guests and injuring 25 others in an Australian wine region. Brett Andrew Button was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from a wedding reception at the Wandin Estate Winery to the town of Singleton late Sunday when the Volvo bus rolled at a roundabout. Button had been in police custody but was released on bail when he appeared in court Tuesday charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving in relation to each death and one count of negligent driving. Police alleged the “...