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Father considers class action for Hunter Valley bus crash
A parent of one of the victims killed in the Hunter Valley bus crash has flagged a potential class action lawsuit.
Naomi Neilson
Adam Bray, the father of 29-year-old Zac Bray, has told Nine he is considering launching a class action against Linq Buslines, the company behind the bus that rolled in the NSW’s Hunter region on 11 June, killing 10 people and injuring a further 25.
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The bus had been travelling late at night to drive wedding guests home from a reception in the Hunter Valley. The driver, Brett Button, is currently before the courts on 62 criminal charges.
Mr Bray said he has been considering legal options and said he has been speaking to the government about safety on buses.
“The areas in there are actually some of the things we’ve been talking to [the NSW] government about, in terms of driver training, driver psychometrics – you don’t just pop anyone behind the steering wheel of a bus with 37, 57 lives, one life on board,” he told Nine.
“It’s the bus company. And then, broader than that, it’s the industry.”
While he considers the class action, a petition has been created by a social media page, Stop Bus Tragedies, to improve bus laws. The petition had over 2,400 signatures at the time of writing.
It also comes as the NSW government releases the first Bus Industry Taskforce Report, which had been expanded following the crash.
NSW Minister for Transport Jo Haylen instructed Transport NSW to implement the report’s recommendations, including improving bus driver recruitment and retention, updating its training, and providing further contracting within rural and regional areas.
“We promised the people of NSW we would take decisive action to help deliver better bus services for our communities, and this Bus Industry Taskforce First Report provides a clear roadmap on what we need to do,” Ms Haylen said.
