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Rollover bus crash kills, injures wedding guests visiting Australia's wine country

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Vineyards in Pokolbin, New South Wales, Australia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. The Hunter Valley is one of huge contrasts, with bucolic century-old vineyards along the winding Hunter River bookended by some 40 operating mines to the west and the worlds l CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia's wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25, police said Monday.The 58-year-old driver was arrested and being held at a Cessnock police station and will be charged, Police Assistant Commissioner Tracy Chapman said.

She would not detail the allegations, including whether speed was a factor, but told reporters "there is sufficient information ...

for us to establish that there will be charges."The crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. in foggy conditions at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive in the town of Greta in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state north of Sydney.The guests had earlier attended a wedding at the Wandin Estate Winery and were heading for their accommodation in the town of Singleton, Chapman said.

One guest told Seven News it had been a nice day and a fairytale wedding.The 25 people injured were taken to hospitals by helicopter and by road.

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