Wedding day horror as bolting horse throws bride, groom and daughter, 4, from carriage into path of traffic on way to reception

It should have been the happiest day of their lives.

But a couple's wedding day was turned into a living nightmare when their horse-drawn carriage sped out of control, throwing them and their bridesmaid daughter into oncoming traffic just an hour after tying the knot.

James and Claire Sykes were dumped in the middle of a bypass by the spooked animal and had to be rushed to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with cuts and bruises to their faces and shoulders.

And in an act of bravery their four-year-old daughter Abby-Lei, who was also on board, was shielded from injury by her dad.       More Read