<p>At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled off a ramp at a roundabout in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accident occurred around 11:30 pm (1330 GMT) on Sunday near the town of Greta about 180 km (112 miles) northwest of Sydney, in the Hunter region famous for its vineyards and wedding spots.</p>.<p>"I understand they had been at a wedding together, it's my understanding they were travelling together ... presumably for their accommodation," NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Tracy Chapman said during a televised media briefing.</p>.<p>At this stage, it appeared to be a single-vehicle accident, Chapman said. Police were still trying to identify all the passengers, she said.</p>.<p>Footage shown on Australian media showed the bus lying on its side. Some people could be still trapped beneath the vehicle, police said.</p>.<p>The driver of the bus, a 58-year-old man, was under arrest and was expected to be charged over the accident, Chapman said. He had been taken to hospital for mandatory alcohol and drug testing.</p>.<p>Heavy fog was present in the area at the time but the cause of the road accident - the worst in Australia in nearly 30 years - had not been determined, Chapman said.</p>.<p>The two worst bus accidents in the country were head-on collisions within two months of each other in 1989 that killed 35 and 21 people, both in NSW state. Eighteen people died in 1973 when a tourist bus plunged down a slope after a brake failure.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his "deepest sympathies" to the families of the people killed and injured.</p>.<p>"All of us know the joy of going to a wedding ... they are some of the happiest times that you can have. For a joyous day like that in a beautiful place to end with such terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair," Albanese told reporters.</p>.<p>Residents of the area gathered to pay tributes and lay flowers near the scene of the accident.</p>.<p>"When we heard about it this morning, it was like, Oh my god! It's way too close to home. And a wedding, one of the happiest days of your life and turns into one of the most tragic days of your lives," Kim Greko told television channels.</p>.<p>The Wandin Valley Estate winery which hosted the wedding was closed on Monday, a public holiday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.</p>.<p>"We are deeply saddened to hear of the bus crash overnight that has claimed the lives of some of our guests," ABC reported, citing a statement from the vineyard.</p>
<p>At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled off a ramp at a roundabout in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accident occurred around 11:30 pm (1330 GMT) on Sunday near the town of Greta about 180 km (112 miles) northwest of Sydney, in the Hunter region famous for its vineyards and wedding spots.</p>.<p>"I understand they had been at a wedding together, it's my understanding they were travelling together ... presumably for their accommodation," NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Tracy Chapman said during a televised media briefing.</p>.<p>At this stage, it appeared to be a single-vehicle accident, Chapman said. Police were still trying to identify all the passengers, she said.</p>.<p>Footage shown on Australian media showed the bus lying on its side. Some people could be still trapped beneath the vehicle, police said.</p>.<p>The driver of the bus, a 58-year-old man, was under arrest and was expected to be charged over the accident, Chapman said. He had been taken to hospital for mandatory alcohol and drug testing.</p>.<p>Heavy fog was present in the area at the time but the cause of the road accident - the worst in Australia in nearly 30 years - had not been determined, Chapman said.</p>.<p>The two worst bus accidents in the country were head-on collisions within two months of each other in 1989 that killed 35 and 21 people, both in NSW state. Eighteen people died in 1973 when a tourist bus plunged down a slope after a brake failure.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his "deepest sympathies" to the families of the people killed and injured.</p>.<p>"All of us know the joy of going to a wedding ... they are some of the happiest times that you can have. For a joyous day like that in a beautiful place to end with such terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair," Albanese told reporters.</p>.<p>Residents of the area gathered to pay tributes and lay flowers near the scene of the accident.</p>.<p>"When we heard about it this morning, it was like, Oh my god! It's way too close to home. And a wedding, one of the happiest days of your life and turns into one of the most tragic days of your lives," Kim Greko told television channels.</p>.<p>The Wandin Valley Estate winery which hosted the wedding was closed on Monday, a public holiday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.</p>.<p>"We are deeply saddened to hear of the bus crash overnight that has claimed the lives of some of our guests," ABC reported, citing a statement from the vineyard.</p>