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| Ten people killed in coach crash near Greta in NSW Hunter Valley | Ten people killed in coach crash near Greta in NSW Hunter Valley |
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| Police say 11 others were taken to hospital by helicopter and road after the coach rolled on Wine Country Drive just after 11.30pm on Sunday | Police say 11 others were taken to hospital by helicopter and road after the coach rolled on Wine Country Drive just after 11.30pm on Sunday |
| Up to 10 people have died and more than 10 others injured in a bus crash in the Hunter Valley overnight. | Up to 10 people have died and more than 10 others injured in a bus crash in the Hunter Valley overnight. |
| Police were called to Wine Country Drive near Greta just after 11.30pm, after reports a coach had rolled. The local mayor has suggested it was a wedding transfer bus. | |
| Police said initial inquiries indicated 10 people had died, while 11 were transported to hospital via helicopter and road, and 18 passengers were uninjured. | Police said initial inquiries indicated 10 people had died, while 11 were transported to hospital via helicopter and road, and 18 passengers were uninjured. |
| Emergency services were on the scene on Monday morning and police are investigating the circumstances of the crash. | Emergency services were on the scene on Monday morning and police are investigating the circumstances of the crash. |
| The driver of the bus – a 58-year-old man – was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and assessment, police said. | The driver of the bus – a 58-year-old man – was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and assessment, police said. |
| The ABC reported visibility in the area was bad due to fog. | |
| The mayor of Cessnock City Council, Jay Suvaal, said the accident happened at a roundabout ramp, and passed on his sympathies to the families of those involved. | |
| He said he had heard it was a wedding transfer bus. | |
| Suvaal said he had first seen reports of emergency services in the area in the middle of the night. It must have been “truly tragic” for the first responders, he said. | |
| “[It happened] just off the Hunter Expressway [that goes] into the towns of Greta and Branxton, it’s a small community … the community there will be waking up to the shock of it all today.” | |
| Suvaal said road diversions would remain in place while crash investigations were underway. | |
| “There have been multiple helicopters attending and paramedics on site a well as a huge emergency response from police and traffic control making sure they could do what they could for the people involved,” he said. | |
| More to come. | More to come. |
| - with AAP |