Deadly Hunter Valley Bus Crash Driver Jailed for 32 Years

Deadly Hunter Valley Bus Crash Driver Jailed for 32 Years
Bus driver Brett Button (C) outside Newcastle Court House in Newcastle, Australia, on March 13, 2024. AAP Image/Mark Russell
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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.