Bus driver Brett Button has offered a tearful apology as new details from the horrific crash that killed 10 people can be revealed.
Passengers on board the bus that crashed in the Hunter Valley, killing 10, gripped each other with fear warning driver Brett Button was “coming in hot” seconds before impact.
Prosecutors have brought consecutive waves of charges against Button as the case has worked through the courts, culminating in 10 current counts of manslaughter. However, the brief hearings have been held largely in Button’s absence. “There isn’t an hour that goes by where I am not thinking of the families that have been affected by my actions.
Four allegedly fastened their seatbelts because of Button’s driving as he approached the roundabout at the end of Wine Country Drive. The 35 passengers were thrown to the left of the bus. Nine of the passengers were critically injured and died at the scene, while a tenth died of his injuries in John Hunter Hospital.
Police allege Button’s driving had placed the lives of his passengers at extreme risk of injury or death — the conditions were clear and he was experienced with the roundabout.
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