THEY WERE mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. Teammates, partners, colleagues, friends. Login or signup to continue reading The 10 people that died in the Greta wedding bus crash on June 11, 2023, were full of hopes and dreams and plans .
Each one of them was so much more than what happened to them. When the tight-knit community of Singleton was shattered by such immense loss that night, the community pulled its broken pieces together to show great strength. And for that, reflecting on 12 months since the disaster, mayor Sue Moore said thank you.
"Thank you for continuing to support the families," she said. "Singleton is a close-knit community, like many other country towns, and you have been a great support for family and friends of those that we have lost." The coach rollover sent shockwaves across Australia and continues to make national headlines.
But for Singleton, a mining town of 25,000 people on the banks of the Hunter River, it was devastating. At the time of the crash, 35 wedding guests were on board, returning from a Hunter Valley estate to the newlywed couple's hometown of Singleton. Many of those involved in the crash lived and worked in the local community, several were connected with the Singleton Roosters Australian Football Club .
Cr Moore said she remembered exactly what she was thinking when she heard the news: "This can't be happening." "It was - and is - an absolute nightmare, and it comes back to them every day, I know," she to.
