Community reeling as Hunter Valley wedding of ‘beautiful people’ turns to tragedy after bus crash

Mitchell Gaffney and Maddy Edsell had a beautiful ceremony', hours before a bus carrying guests overturned on the Hunter expressway

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Friends of the injured are in shock at the horrific bus crash that killed at least 10 guests of a fairytale" wedding for a couple described as well-loved" and beautiful" people.

Locals were laying flowers at the scene of the crash on Monday as the community woke to the horrific news that the bus, carrying dozens of wedding guests, had crashed at a roundabout connecting Wine Country Drive and the Hunter expressway, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 20.

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