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Hunter Valley crash driver Brett Button to hear from survivors
The driver behind the wheel of a wedding bus when it crashed killing 10 people and injuring 25 more in NSW’s Hunter Valley is expected to hear from the survivors as his multi-day sentencing begins.
Brett Button, 59, is expected to appear before Newcastle District Court on Monday morning after pleading guilty to 19 charges, including dangerous driving occasioning death and grievous bodily harm.
Button was driving guests from a wedding reception at the Wandin Valley Estate, two hours north of Sydney, back to Singleton on June 11 when the bus flipped onto its side at a roundabout at Greta.
Camera IconBrett Button was behind the wheel of the wedding bus. NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw Credit: NCA NewsWire
Camera Icon10 people were killed and 25 injure din the crash. NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles Credit: News Corp Australia
As many as 35 victim impact statements, including from survivors, are expected to be delivered during three-days of sentencing proceedings before Justice Roy Ellis beginning on Monday.
The seasoned judge is expected deliver Button’s sentence on Wednesday, with as many as 60 people expected to attend on behalf of victims and extra facilities set up for the large amount of media.
Victims of Hunter Valley bus crash
It comes more than a year after the horror crash which shook the Hunter Valley and Singleton communities.
Andrew Scott, 35, and wife Lynan Scott, 33; Nadene McBride, 52, daughter Kyah McBride, 22, and her partner, Kane Symons, 21, Darcy Bulman, 30, Rebecca Mullen, 26, Zachary Bray, 29, Tori Cowburn, and Angus Craig, 28, were killed in the crash.
Camera IconButton is currently in custody on remand. NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper Credit: News Corp Australia
The incident quickly became one of the state’s – and Australia’s – worst ever fatal road incidents, with Button at one point facing a whopping 89 charges, including 10 counts of manslaughter.
Ultimately, prosecutors agreed to a plea deal which resulted in the manslaughter charges being dropped to the anger of families. Button is currently in custody on remand before sentencing.
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