Police authorities have revealed that the Australia bus crash that happened on Sunday, left about 10 killed and 20 injured. The driver was allegedly going too fast in foggy conditions, police say.
The bus was carrying passengers returning from a wedding on Sunday when it overturned at a roundabout near the town of Greta in New South Wales (NSW).
Many of the victims are connected to tight-knit rural sporting clubs, local media have reported.
The crash is one of Australia’s deadliest road incidents.
Brett Andrew Button, 58, has been charged with multiple counts of dangerous driving and negligence, after being arrested on Monday.
He was allegedly driving “in a manner that was inconsistent with the conditions”, the NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander told reporters on Tuesday.
“He lost control of that vehicle… obviously the speed was too quick for him to negotiate that roundabout,” Acting Assistant Commissioner David Waddell added.
Fourteen people injured in the crash in the Hunter Valley wine region remain in hospital, with two in a critical condition, police say.
They have not formally identified any of the victims, but the mayor of Singleton said many lived in the small town.
“I know we’ll never get over it,” Sue Moore told the BBC.
Some local families have been at the side of injured people in hospitals in Newcastle and Sydney, Ms Moore said, and others are planning funerals while reeling from “the worst possible thing that could ever happen in their lives”.
“As far as I know, one lot of parents are leaving two kids orphaned,” she said.
A junior doctor, Rebecca Mullen, was among those killed, said NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.”This has made a very dark day even darker for NSW Health,” he said.