A relative of one of the ten people who died in a horror bus crash has revealed the tragic timing of her death.
Darcy Bulman was the last person to be identified among those who remain on the list of people ‘unaccounted for’ after the bus rolled near Greta in the NSW Hunter Valley wine region on Sunday night.
The 30-year-old was due to attend her grandmother’s funeral in Victoria this week, but instead her family will be forced to grieve the loss of two family members.
Darcy Bulman was meant to attend her nanna’s funeral – but instead family and friends will be holding a memorial for her
‘Never expected someone from my family would be in the news for something as horrible as this …,’ her cousin David Bulman shared in a post to Facebook on Tuesday night.
‘We should’ve been seeing her this week at our Nanna’s funeral, and now instead she will be having her own …’
He said her extended family has been ‘rocked’ by the news of her sudden death as they recover from the loss of the family matriarch.
‘Rest in peace Darcy, as well as all the other innocent victims of this horrific and preventable accident,’ he said.
‘Taken far too young.’
Darcy Bulman (right) was the 10th Hunter Valley wedding crash victim to be identified. Above with her partner Nick Dinakis
Ms Bulman travelled to the Hunter Valley from her home in Melbourne with her partner Nick Dinakis as her plus one to the wedding of her friends Maddy Edsell and Mitch Gaffney.
Mr Dinakis shared a photo to social media of the couple celebrating at the Wandin Estate venue where the newlyweds tied the knot on the day of the crash.
It is understood that Mr Dinakis is among two people who remain in the intensive care unit at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
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As families count the cost of the NSW Hunter Valley wedding bus crash, one in particular has suffered unimaginable tragedy, with two young children orphaned after both their parents died in the accident.
Lynan Scott and her husband Andrew Scott both died in the crash, leaving behind two children under the age of five.
Ms Scott was a mining engineer who worked at Yancoal, the same company as the bridegroom Mitchell Gaffney, whose wedding to Maddy Edsell preceded the tragic crash.
She was also good friends with another crash victim, Tori Cowburn who also perished when the Linq Buslines coach rolled on a highway at Greta just 16km after leaving the Wandin Winery Estate venue after the wedding.
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Bus driver Brett Button has been charged with ten counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and was granted bail when he faced Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday.
Lawyer Christopher O’Brien said outside court the 58-year-old was doing ‘OK’.
‘I’ve spoken to my client,’ Mr O’Brien said. ‘He’s happy to be going home. In all of the circumstances he’s doing quite well.’
Lynan and Andrew Scott welcomed their second child just under two years ago, after meeting more than a decade ago.
Lynan and Andrew Scott (above, pictured with their two young children) were tragically killed in the wedding bus crash in the Hunter Valley on Sunday night, leaving their two kids orphans
The couple married in the last few years, having met more than a decade ago and more recently giving birth to two young children
Originally from Brisbane, Andrew Scott is a former YMCA lifeguard and landscaper turned hospital and health care worker. He was working for NSW Health in Muswellbrook at the time of his death.
Lynan Scott, formerly Lynan Muldoon from a large family in Grafton, NSW, is a Queensland University engineering graduate.
Before moving to Yancoal as a planning superintendent, she had worked at Bengalla mining company and Rio Tinto.
Her motto on her Instagram page is ”Give it all you’ve got’. Her Facebook page has now been changed to a memorial page, with a message asking friends or family to share memories.
Seven of the people who died in the crash dead come from the town of Singleton, 30km away from the wedding venue, where the bride and groom Ms Edsell and Mr Gaffney also live.
Tori Cowburn, a proud auntie of the baby daughter of her brother and his wife who both live in Singleton, leaves behind a partner.
Brett Button, the driver of a bus full of wedding guests which rolled at a roundabout, killing ten and injuring 25, has been granted bail
Button was freed on bail on Tuesday afternoon, sobbing as he sat handcuffed before a magistrate.
Following the hearing, there was a scuffle outside court as family members and supporters emerged following Button’s brief hearing.
Acting Assistant NSW Police Commissioner David Waddell said on Tuesday that police will allege the driver entered the roundabout in a ‘manner that was inconsistent with the conditions’.
‘Obviously, the speed was too quick for him to negotiate that roundabout, causing the vehicle to fall onto its left side and cause those injuries,’ he said.
