Bus Crash Victims Sue State Over ‘Unsafe’ Interchange

Published on September 13, 2024

Families who lost loved-ones in a deadly bus crash have sued over the roundabout where the tragedy took place as the driver responsible stares down decades in prison. Brett Button, 59, was sentenced on Sep. 11 to 32 years, with a non-parole period of 24 years, for killing 10 passengers and injuring 25 others who had been celebrating a young couple’s wedding in the New South Wales (NSW) Hunter Valley. He sped up while approaching the roundabout before losing control of the bus, which slammed into a guard rail and rolled onto its side. Button was driving while impaired by an opioid painkiller. His lengthy sentence came despite misgivings of crash survivors and families of those who died after prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges for lesser driving offences....

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