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10 Killed After Bus Carrying Wedding Party Meets With Accident In Australia, 25 Injured
The incident happened on a foggy night and the driver of the bus, who escaped the tragedy, was arrested, the police said on Monday. The 58-year-old driver was held at a Cessnock police station and will be charged, Police Assistant Commissioner Tracy Chapman told the Associated Press. 18 passengers escaped the accident uninjured.
Updated Jun 12, 2023 | 09:30 AM IST
Emergency crews stand near a bus that rolled onto its side near Greta in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia.
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Canberra: An occasion of joy turned melancholic in Australia's wine country after a wedding party bus crash killed 10 and injured 25 others. The incident happened on a foggy night and the driver of the bus, who escaped the tragedy, was arrested, the police said on Monday.
18 passengers escaped the accident uninjured. The 58-year-old driver was held at a Cessnock police station and will be charged, Police Assistant Commissioner Tracy Chapman told the Associated Press. The police team didn't disclose if overspeeding was a reason for the accident.
The guests had earlier attended a wedding at the Wandin Estate Winery and were heading for their accommodation in the town of Singleton. The crash happened just after 11:30 PM Sunday in foggy conditions at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive in the town of Greta in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state north of Sydney.
Of the 25 people injured, 21 remained in hospitals late Monday morning and one was in critical condition, the state government was quoted as saying by AP. The conditions of the others were described as stable.
thanked first responders and offered government support to victims and their families, saying the “mental scars of this will not go away.”
“People hire a bus for weddings in order to keep their guests safe. And that just adds to the unimaginable nature of this tragedy,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said while condoling the deaths.
“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,” he added.
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