One traumatized bride described walking down the altar after “nearly losing” her children and parents in an accident on the wedding day.
Jordan Barney said her big day was ruined when a vintage Rolls Royce wedding car crashed into a concrete barrier with her two boys, her mother and mother-in-law, on Saturday.
Jordan, 27, and her new husband James Barney, 37, have had their eight-month-old James Jr. since then. and take six-year-old Archie to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for fear of a concussion.
She says her mother, Joanne Ledsham, 51, was “beaten and injured” while mother-in-law Carol Barney, 62, was struck by the crash.
Jordan, a science technician in a high school, told ECHO, “It was pretty traumatic.
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“Our kids are currently in Alder Hey; our oldest has bumps and bruises and pulled muscles and our youngest kept falling asleep so we went to the walk-in and they sent us straight to the hospital …
“My mom has a lot of bruises from being thrown around the car while trying to protect the baby from having it in her arms and trying to reach Archie.
“Her arm and leg are injured, and her neck and back are really sore and very stiff. She is in a lot of pain.”
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Jordan said the wedding party drove from The Liner Hotel on Lord Nelson Street in the city center to St. George’s Hall in three classic vehicles rented by the Liverpool company Silver Lady Wedding Cars.
But Jordan says the car in front of them, which was carrying their children, left the hotel first and seemed to be accelerating too quickly.
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She said, “It jumped and jerked away very quickly. The driver of our car said he wasn’t too happy with the lift, he said it was like the acceleration got stuck.
“We were taken to the venue and there was no sign of the other car. It was only from Lord Nelson Street, so it was strange.”
The occupants of the car were able to walk to the wedding after the accident, but Ms. Barney says the near-tragedy cast a long shadow over her big day.
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The couple, who have been together for two years after meeting one evening in Liverpool, excitedly planned the wedding for a year after James proposed while on a trip to Paris.
Jordan said, “It was all pushed back; it wasn’t the same day but we ended up getting married.
The picture shows a crashed wedding car in Queen Square in Liverpool city center
“Although my children and mother were not seriously injured, it was a terrible experience; we are all in shock.
“We had to think about the fact that we could have lost our children and our mother.”
The owner of the Silver Lady, who has run the family business for 13 years, believes the accelerator pedal could be trapped by a carpet in the footwell.
The businessman who did not want to be named drove Mrs. Barney and her father while his son drove the car that had an accident.
He told the Echo that the vehicle was serviced two weeks ago and was fully insured and TÜV approved.
He said, “My son is appalled by what happened. We’re still waiting to find out what happened, but I’m convinced the carpet is stuck.
“The police told me that my son’s reactions saved his life. He managed to avoid pedestrians and cars and get them into a bus lane where he knew there would be little traffic.
“We feel terrible, I didn’t eat or sleep this weekend. If I had driven the car, I wouldn’t have had his reactions. We’re just glad that everyone is fine.”
Merseyside police told the Echo that they are not currently conducting a criminal investigation into the crash.
Jordan said Archie and James Jr. have now been released from the hospital where they were being treated for bruises and shock.
Fortunately, the couple didn’t want to go on their honeymoon until October.
