A Bus Driver Charged After Worst Crash in Australia, Kills 10
- U-Report
VIVA – A man was charged with deadly bus crash on Monday and killed at least 10 wedding guests. This accident was happen after the bus they were travelling in crashed at a roundabout. The police said that this is the Australia's worst bus accident in almost 30 years.Â
Twenty-five people were injured in the accident around 11.30 PM in local time on Sunday near the Greta town, about 112 miles northwest of Sydney, the police added.Â
The bus carrying 35 passengers left the road and flipped onto its side at a roundabout after a wedding in the Hunter region, a rural area famous for its vineyards and wedding spots.
Police said the driver, a 58-year-old man, had been taken to hospital for mandatory drug testing. He was refused bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese expressed his "deepest sympathies" to the families of the people killed and injured.
"All of us know the joy of going to a wedding , they are some of the happiest times that you can have. For a joyous day like that in a beautiful place to end with such terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair," Albanese stated.Â
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said police were treating it as a single-vehicle accident and the cause may not be known for some time.
The bus had been pulled upright after a "delicate operation", given dead passengers were inside, Webb said.
The Wandin Valley Estate winery which hosted the wedding was closed on Monday, a public holiday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
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