WHAT HAPPENED
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* A charter bus carrying 35 passengers rolled onto its side at Greta in the NSW Hunter Valley region about 11.30pm on Sunday
* The crash happened at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive near the Hunter Expressway off-ramp
* The 2009 Volvo B7R rolled about 17 minutes into the journey
* The bus was returning guests from a wedding reception at Wandin Estate winery in Lovedale to Singleton
* The bus was owned by Linq which provides school bus and event charters
WHO WAS INVOLVED
* Nine people died at the scene and the 10th died on the way to hospital
* Victims are aged from their 20s to their 60s
* Thirty-five people were taken to four hospitals
* Fourteen remain in hospital, two in ICU
* The bride and groom of the wedding guests involved in the crash are Mitchell Gaffney and Madeleine Edsell, stalwarts of the Singleton Roosters Aussie rules football team
THE DRIVER
* Brett Button, 58, is charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and a backup charge alleging negligence
* He was bailed from Cessnock Local Court
* Police say the bus was going too fast to negotiate the roundabout, causing it to crash
IDENTIFIED VICTIMS OF BUS CRASH
* Singleton mother Nadene McBride and her daughter Kyah McBride
* Nadene's husband Graham "Banger" McBride is recovering in hospital
* Husband and wife Andrew Scott and Lynan Scott, leaving behind two children
* Singleton man Kane Symons also died in the crash
* Melbourne man Darcy Bulman
* Singleton doctor Rebecca Mullen
* Singleton woman Tori Cowburn
* Queensland man Angus Craig
* Byron Bay man Zach Bray
TRIBUTES TO VICIMS
* "He was a leader, a great bloke and a mate to many. We adored him and he will be truly missed," Tasmanian Carlton Park Surf Life Saving Club for Kane Symons
* "He was a terrific member of our community both on and off the field and was characterised by his big heart and willingness to help anyone," Redland-Victoria Point Sharks Football Club for Andrew Scott
* "Our women's masters football community is shocked and saddened by the tragic news that Nadene (Nads) McBride and her daughter Kyah have now been named as having passed away in the Singleton wedding bus crash," Sydney Women's AFL Masters for Nadene and Kyah McBride
KEY QUOTES
* "It's obviously been a horrendous few days and we've got plenty more still to come to deal with," Singleton Mayor Sue Moore
* "Sadly knowing that quite a number of them were actually from our neighbouring community of Singleton, that sort of makes it even more devastating - we are a really close-knit community," Cessnock City Council Mayor Jay Suvaal
* "I just want to tell the people of Greta, Cessnock and Singleton that we will be there for them and the entire state - every single person in NSW - sends their condolences to those communities," NSW Premier Chris Minns
* "It's a traumatic event for all the family, all the friends, from what was a wedding, where people come from wide and far," Acting Police Assistant Commissioner David Waddell
* "We had a total of three rescue units there. Unfortunately, as we all know, not everyone could be released," NSW Ambulance Chief Superintendent Luke Wiseman
* "People hire a bus for weddings in order to keep their guests safe and that just adds to the unimaginable nature of this tragedy," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Australian Associated Press
