Hunter Valley bus crash updates: driver released on bail; junior doctor and local athletes among victims – latest news

Driver Brett Andrew Button has been released after appearing in court in Cessnock charged with 10 counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Follow the day's news live

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Identifying victims to take the next few days'

Superintendent David Waddell says the process of identifying victims will take the next few days":

We'll work through that disaster victim identification process over the next few days. Our investigators, our family liaison officers, are speaking to the families and the victims. We are in contact.

That process will continue throughout the investigation and throughout the court process.

We'll conduct a mechanical investigation of the vehicle today ... The whole conditions will be examined as part of the investigation.