Victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash identified
The state’s health minister has paid tribute to the family of a junior doctor who was killed in the crash.
Junior doctor Rebecca Mullen has been confirmed as one of the 10 people to have died in the Sunday night crash.
Mullen was based at Calvary Mater Hospital within the Hunter New England Local Health District after graduating from the University of Newcastle in 2021.
Also among those unaccounted for is Melbourne woman Darcy Bulman.
A spokesperson for the Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) has confirmed Bulman was involved in the incident but could not provide further details. The Sydney Morning Herald.
Singleton mum and daughter Nadene and Kyah McBride are also unaccounted for.
The pair were part of the Singleton Roosters football club, an Australian Rules team.
Nadene coached the Roosterettes, the club’s women’s squad, according to its website.
The Sydney Women’s AFL Masters Facebook page posted a tribute to them both.
The family, which has Indigenous heritage, has granted permission for images of Nadene and Kyah to be used.
Married Singleton couple Andrew and Lynan Scott were also victims.
Both also played for the Singleton Roosters, with Andrew reaching the 100-game milestone last year.
In a tribute article on the club website, his teammates described him as one of the best they’d ever played with.
Lynan’s fellow Roosterette, Tori Cowburn, with whom she also played with as a Hunter regional representative, is also unaccounted for after the crash.
Byron Bay man Zachary Bray and Queenslander Angus Craig have also been named, along with Kane Symons.
Bray, according to his Facebook page, was a bowel cancer survivor and an ambassador with The Gut Foundation.
Police have notified the next of kin of those they’ve identified as best they can.
The sporting and wider community continues to mourn, with a number of locals caught up in the tragedy.