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Charges over fatal bus crash

August 14, 2026 4:23 pm in by
Image: R McDonald/Geelong Broadcasters

A Hamlyn Heights man has been charged over a fatal school bus crash in Stonehaven.

Emergency services were called to the Hamilton Highway on the morning of August 27, last year to reports a school bus had rolled.

Police believe the bus was turning onto the Highway from Friend in Hand Road when the incident happened.

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Thirty-one students were on the bus at the time, but a 12-year-old girl from Teesdale died at the scene.

A 16-year-old boy was flown to hospital with serious injuries, while nine other students were injured and taken to hospital.

Fourteen students were taken to hospital for observation.

The bus driver, a 76-year-old man, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

He has been charged today with dangerous driving causing death, failing to stop at a stop sign and careless driving.

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The Hamlyn Heights man has been bailed to face court next week.

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