An Australian community has been left devastated after almost a dozen people were killed when their bus crashed following a wedding.
The coach carrying 36 people - including the bus driver - rolled over on Wine Country Drive at Greta, New South Wales, around 11:30 PM on Sunday (June 11).
Ten people were killed while 25 others were injured and taken to hospital.
On Monday (June 12) NSW Police revealed that the 58-year-old bus driver has been charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death, including drive manner dangerous, and negligent driving (occasioning death), per 7News.
The bus had been carrying the guests from a wedding at a winery to Singleton, a town a 30 minutes' drive away. It was reported that the area was blanketed in heavy fog at the time of the crash.
Newlyweds Maddy Edsall and Mitchell Gaffney were married at Wandin Valley Estate in the Hunter Valley on Sunday afternoon, before they were involved in what has been called one of Australia's deadliest road accidents in decades. The couple's MC, local reporter Alex Tigani, is among the injured currently recovering at John Hunter Hospital.
A police source told the Daily Mail that the calls coming in later that evening were "horrific" and that there were "limbs everywhere."
The outlet added that many more people are potentially feared dead as authorities believe there could be more wedding guests trapped under the wreckage. The bodies of the deceased have not yet been removed from the crash, where the bus still remains on its side. Fortunately, however, no children had been on board the coach. Police are still attempting to identify the crash victims to notify their families.
The most severely injured - including those with lost limbs - were taken to the region's largest trauma hospital, while several others were airlifted to a Sydney hospital for life-saving surgery. Ten others are at two different hospitals, with four of the 25 injured already discharged.
Chris Minns, New South Wales' Premier, told reporters: "Whatever the final toll is in this terrible accident, it will be more than we can bear. The next few days and weeks may be worse than the initial shock, as it fully comes to realisation of what this community has gone through."
Images and videos of the crash that have since been published online have showed the bus lying on its left side with a smashed up windscreen.
So far, the driver has been denied bail, and is set to appear in court on Tuesday (June 13).
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