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A groom who was supposed to be celebrating his wedding ceremony was killed barely 12 hours after exchanging marital vows with his longtime girlfriend.
32-year-old Robert Yednak Jr. from Pennsylvania was struck and killed by a car hours after his wedding ceremony, WPXI News reports.
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The deceased groom was knocked down by a Honda Civic car as he attempted to cross Business Route 66 on the evening of his wedding day along with another man.
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The police pronounced Yednak dead at the scene while the other man was rushed to the hospital with leg injuries.
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The tragedy occurred less than a 100 feet from the groom's home, according to reports from WPXI.
Yednak had dated his girlfriend for five years before marrying her the morning before the horrible incident.