Couple weds despite car crash

LONDON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A bride in England says she went ahead with her wedding ceremony shortly after the groom's limousine smashed into a wall, hospitalizing his mother.

"Everyone was there for the wedding, so we couldn't cancel it, but we were worried about my mother-in-law and Brian stood through the service in pain," said bride Sarah Ward, 27.

Groom Brian Ashton, 47, and his mother, Maureen Ashton, 78, were nearly at the church when the limousine in which they were riding apparently lost its brakes Saturday and smashed into a brick wall, causing the groom's mother to have a heart attack and leaving the groom with back and leg injuries, The Daily Mail reported Monday.

The bride arrived minutes later to see the groom's limo up against a wall and her mother-in-law being put into an ambulance, the Mail reported, noting the groom and his mother were expected to recover.