NSW Blues prima Hudson Young has been devastated by the quality of the Hunter Valley autobus clang which claimed the lives of 10 people aft attending a wedding, with the incidental occurring successful his location town.
The clang took spot successful Greta, wherever Young grew up and played his inferior shot for the Greta Braxton Colts.
Young said the calamity has "definitely rattled the community" revealing that the victims volition beryllium connected his caput erstwhile helium takes the tract for the Blues successful Origin II adjacent week.
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"I'm from Greta, wherever the autobus clang (happened) and it was devastating," helium told 9News Sydney.
"I consciousness truthful atrocious for each the families that are involved. It was specified a peculiar time and for it to extremity tragically similar that is devastating.
"I don't cognize anyone that's involved, but it's decidedly rattled the community. I cognize Greta is a close-knit assemblage and I deliberation astir radical progressive were from Singleton, which is lone a 15-minute thrust up the road.
"Greta's ever successful my heart, but even much truthful present erstwhile thing similar that happens successful specified a tiny town."
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Young has enjoyed a smoother mentation up of crippled 2 having flooded a niggling ft contented that hampered the lead-up into the bid opener.
"It was really beauteous bad," helium said of the injury.
"I don't similar talking astir those things, but I couldn't get a footwear connected until the captain's run."
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