The New Indian Express ·
Bride killed, groom injured in road accident on eve of wedding in TN
MADURAI: Tragedy struck a young couple just 24 hours before their wedding when a fatal road accident claimed the life of a 26-year-old bride-to-be and left the groom hospitalised. M Mariya Belsiya was riding pillion with her fiancé, S Jeba Bastin, on a bike when a car hit their vehicle on the Dindigul-Madurai NH near Vadipatti in the wee hours of Saturday.
Mariya of Sattayanayakanur in Dindigul was scheduled to marry 29-year-old Bastin of Vellakodu, a defence sector employee, at a church in Dindigul on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred when the two were on their way to Madurai from Dindigul. Mariya was supposed to appear for a nursing examination at a private college for a vacancy at Madurai AIIMS.
