The man accused of
causing the deaths of several passengers after the bus he was
driving overturned in the Hunter Valley last Sunday night has been
granted strict conditional bail.
58-year old Brett Button from Maitland in the Hunter Region was
driving 36 passengers back to their accommodation in Singleton when
the bus lost balance on a roundabout near the Hunter Expressway
off-ramp at Greta at around 11.30pm on 11 June 2023 and fell
sideways, killing 10 passengers and injuring more than 20 more
– two of whom remain in a serious condition.
Mr Button was charged with 10 counts of
dangerous driving occasioning death, as well as driving in a
dangerous manner and negligent driving occasioning death, and was
refused bai by officers at
Cessnock Police Station.
