Canberra, Australia: taking a bus wedding guest rolled in on a foggy night Australia’s wine countryPolice said on Monday, 10 people were killed and 25 were injured.
Police Assistant Commissioner Tracey Chapman said the 58-year-old driver had been arrested and held at Cessnock Police Station and would be charged. She would not provide details of the charges, including whether speed was a factor, but told reporters, “There is enough information … for us to establish that there will be charges.”
The accident happened just after 11.30pm at an intersection on Wine Country Drive in the town of Greta in the Hunter Valley region in foggy conditions. new South Wales State north of Sydney.
Chapman said the guests had previously attended a wedding at the Vandin Estate Winery and were on their way to their residence in the city of Singleton. A guest told Seven News it was a beautiful day and a fairytale wedding.
Twenty-five injured people were taken to hospitals by helicopter and by road. Another 18 passengers were uninjured.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked first responders and offered government assistance to victims and their families, saying “the mental scars of this will not go away.”
Albanese told reporters, “For such a happy day, in a beautiful place, to end with such a terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair.”
“People hire buses for weddings to keep their guests safe. And that adds to the unimaginable nature of this tragedy,” Albanese said.
Jay Suval, the mayor of Cessnock, said the accident was “truly horrific.”
“We are a major wedding and tourist destination in the Hunter Valley, and so there will be people from all over the state and country who have been to these areas and probably done similar things,” he said. “I think it will send shock waves through the wider community.
Greta is in the heart of the Hunter Valley wine region, a picturesque region dotted with vineyards and restaurants. It was the first wine region established in Australia.
The wedding was in the middle of a long weekend, with Monday being a public holiday in most Australian states.
Police Assistant Commissioner Tracey Chapman said the 58-year-old driver had been arrested and held at Cessnock Police Station and would be charged. She would not provide details of the charges, including whether speed was a factor, but told reporters, “There is enough information … for us to establish that there will be charges.”
The accident happened just after 11.30pm at an intersection on Wine Country Drive in the town of Greta in the Hunter Valley region in foggy conditions. new South Wales State north of Sydney.
Chapman said the guests had previously attended a wedding at the Vandin Estate Winery and were on their way to their residence in the city of Singleton. A guest told Seven News it was a beautiful day and a fairytale wedding.
Twenty-five injured people were taken to hospitals by helicopter and by road. Another 18 passengers were uninjured.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked first responders and offered government assistance to victims and their families, saying “the mental scars of this will not go away.”
Albanese told reporters, “For such a happy day, in a beautiful place, to end with such a terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair.”
“People hire buses for weddings to keep their guests safe. And that adds to the unimaginable nature of this tragedy,” Albanese said.
Jay Suval, the mayor of Cessnock, said the accident was “truly horrific.”
“We are a major wedding and tourist destination in the Hunter Valley, and so there will be people from all over the state and country who have been to these areas and probably done similar things,” he said. “I think it will send shock waves through the wider community.
Greta is in the heart of the Hunter Valley wine region, a picturesque region dotted with vineyards and restaurants. It was the first wine region established in Australia.
The wedding was in the middle of a long weekend, with Monday being a public holiday in most Australian states.