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SENTENCING DATE SET FOR TRUCK DRIVER OVER FATAL CRASH

A truck driver who pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed a schoolboy in the Hunter Valley could be sentenced in November.

Almost a year on from the accident, 35-year-old Daniel Ronald Hennessy was today committed for sentencing in Newcastle’s District Court for dangerous driving occasioning death.

On September 10 last year, the driver of the prime-mover failed to stop at an intersection – slamming into a school bus.

Nine-year-old Harry Dunn was thrown from the bus and killed.

Hennessy was excused from attending today… the case was adjourned until the 8th of November.

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Jane Goldsmith

Jane Goldsmith is a journalist, newsreader and producer based in Newcastle and began working with NBN Television in 2001. Originally from Port Macquarie, Jane has worked in television news and radio and studied at the University of Newcastle.

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