In the early hours of 20 Oct 89, a semi-trailer crossed onto the wrong side of the Pacific Highway near Cowper, north of Grafton, and struck an approaching passenger coach. The collision tore open the driver’s side of the coach, killed 21 people and injured another 22, while the coach came to rest in a roadside ditch only metres from the Clarence River. The truck driver was subsequently found to have been under the influence of amphetamines. ABC News retrospective examining t