It looked like a scene lifted straight from a film. A bride in a hospital emergency ward, a groom standing beside her, and doctors and nurses stepping in as witnesses, as a couple from Kerala went ahead with their wedding on Friday after the bride was injured in a road accident just hours before the ceremony.

Avani, who had been travelling with her family for bridal makeup in Alappuzha's Kumarakom at around 3 am, suffered a spinal injury when their car lost control and crashed into a tree.

Local residents rushed the group to Kottayam Medical College, but she was moved to VPS Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi for specialised treatment due to the severity of her injury.

WEDDING SHIFTS TO EMERGENCY WARD

The wedding was originally scheduled for Friday afternoon in Alappuzha. Once the groom, Shar

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