ROSTOV-ON-DON, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - A bridegroom died in a car crash on his wedding day in the Astrakhan Region in southern Russia, a local prosecutor said Monday.
"The young couple were heading for the registry office [Saturday]. The driver of the lead car in the wedding cortege broke traffic regulations, ... collided with another car and ran into a pole," Anatoly Kravtsov, from the prosecutor's office, told RIA Novosti.
He said the bridegroom died on the spot and the bride was hospitalized and is currently in a serious condition in a coma. Kravtsov also said the driver was injured in the crash.
