Hunter Valley wedding bus crash driver is hit with 52 fresh charges over accident that killed 10 people
Wedding bus driver hit with additional chargesBrett Andrew Button, 58, now faces 63 charges
By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 04:37 BST, 3 August 2023 | Updated: 04:45 BST, 3 August 2023
The driver who was at the wheel of a bus that crashed and killed 10 wedding guests has been hit with an additional 52 charges.
Ten people were killed and 25 were injured when the bus crashed at Greta, NSW, while taking guests from a wedding at Lovedale to Singleton on June 11.
Bus driver Brett Andrew Button, 58, was charged with 10 counts of dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death and one additional charge of negligent driving occasioning death the following day.
He was hit with an additional 52 charges on Thursday and now faces 63 in total.
The fresh charges include dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing bodily harm by misconduct.
Button was granted conditional bail ahead of a court appearance on August 9.
More to come.
Brett Andrew Button was charged with 10 counts each of dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death following the crash and has now been hit with an additional 52 charges
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