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A BRIDE who wedded in Ughell in
Edo State, died in motor accident on Abuja-Okene Road last weekend
while returning home in Abuja.
Though the names of the couple were not immediately known, the groom
and his father were both brought to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja,
for treatment after the tragedy.
While the woman died with her glittering wedding ring, the man who
was in shock was being attended to by a team of medical personnel.
The bride was traveling with the groom in a jeep which was part of
the wedding convoy before the irreversible separation occurred.
The father of the groom who accompanied the couple in the ill-fated
car, was seen in a critical condition at the hospital which has
assumed notoriety for hosting casualties of motor accidents on
Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway.
The vehicle was said to have veered from its lane and collided with
an on-coming one.
Friends and relations who attended the wedding later met the
disaster and rushed the couple to the hospital.
Relations were also seen making frantic efforts to evacuate the
corpse. When our correspondent came to the federal medical centre,
the jeep was seen loaded with wedding gifts.
In recent years, accidents are being associated wedding ceremonies.
In Kano last year, a boat captisized killing a bride and several
members of her family.
In Ife-Modakekke area of Osun State, a whole wedding train was
caught up in fire disaster caused by fuel tanker explosion. The
burnt corpses of bride and bridegroom were later identified only by
the rings they wore.
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