2023-06-12 00:26:42
At least ten people have died and eleven have been injured when the bus in which they were traveling overturned in the town of Greta, about 180 kilometers north of the city of Sydney, police sources reported on Monday.
The New South Wales Region Police explained in a statement that the event occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday (1:30 p.m. GMT), at a roundabout in Greta, located in a tourist wine-growing area in Hunter Valley.
As a result of this accident, an unknown number of people have been transferred by helicopter to a Sydney hospital, while other injured have been taken to nearby hospitals.
Eighteen other passengers have escaped unharmed from this accident, the police statement added.
The bus driver, a 58-year-old man, has been taken to the hospital for mandatory breathalyzer tests, while the accident site has been declared a crime scene to investigate its causes.
According to Australian television network Nine, the bus was carrying guests who had attended a wedding at a vineyard near Greta.
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