Driver in Australian Bus Crash Drove too Fast amid Foggy Conditions; Released on Bail

Police inspect a bus on its side near the town of Greta following a crash in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia. (Image: Reuters)

Police inspect a bus on its side near the town of Greta following a crash in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia. (Image: Reuters)

Brett Andrew Button was driving the 2009 Volvo bus too fast when rolled on its side and hit a guardrail.

A bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side and hit a guardrail in heavy fog in an Australian wine region, killing 10 wedding guests and injuring 25 others, police alleged Tuesday.

Brett Andrew Button, 58, was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from a wedding reception at the Wandin Estate Winery to the town of Singleton, both in the Hunter Valley wine region of New South Wales state, when the 2009 Volvo bus rolled at a roundabout late Sunday.

Button had been in police custody but was released on bail when he appeared in the Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving in relation to each death and one count of negligent driving.

Earlier, acting Police Assistant Commissioner…

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