Deadly Hunter Valley Bus Crash Driver Jailed for 32 Years

Hunter Valley wedding bus driver Brett Button, who described feeling ashamed for committing the “ultimate sin” when he crashed and killed 10 people and injured 25, has been jailed for 32 years. Newcastle District Court Judge Roy Ellis on Sept. 11 said Button, 59, had been clearly impaired by the opioid Tamerol when driving too fast and engaging in risk-taking behaviour before the horrific crash in June 2023 at Greta. Judge Ellis said the 33 victim impact statements read to the court and the nine tendered victim impact statements from family members of those killed and the surviving passengers during Button’s three-day sentence hearing “graphically painted the picture of devastation caused by this offending.”...