Wedding Night Crash: PA Groom Arrested & Bride Airlifted To Hospital

Pennsylvania Wedding Night Crash: Groom Arrested & Bride Airlifted To Hospital

CLAIRTON, PA — A western Pennsylvania man is facing charges after a wedding night crash on Sunday that left his new bride hospitalized.

 

Clairton police say 56-year-old Billy Leroy Peroney faces charges including driving under the influence and reckless endangerment for Sunday night's crash. Authorities say the groom, Billy Leroy Peroney and his bride, Kelly Peroney, were driving home from their wedding reception when Billy Peroney lost control of his car while passing another vehicle and struck a utility pole before crashing into a house.

 

Nearby neighbors heard the crash and called the police. "All we heard was a real loud bang because we were all in bed sleeping. And it was a real loud bang because it woke everybody up in the house," said neighbor William Henderson.

 

Clairton Police said the groom, Billy Leroy Peroney admitted to drinking that night during his wedding reception. Officers on-scene said Peroney smelled of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test. The groom was not injured, but he was booked in the Clairton Police Department and now faces DUI charges.

 

Peroney's bride, however, was not so fortunate. 40-year-old Kelly Matthews Peroney, was trapped in the car and had to be cut free by the Clairton Fire Department with the jaws-of-life and was then airlifted to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Kelly Peroney's injuries were not known, but police say the bride is expected to make a full recovery.

 

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Comment by Jessica Fitzpatrick on August 30, 2011 at 4:22pm
wow, what a shame. You know, I noticed a little wedding trend, you have recently showed this news story which comes from Pennsylvania involving a bride and groom, and another wedding news story where the newlyweds stole food for their wedding reception and of both of these news stories, not only are they both of these newlywed couples from Pennsylvania, but in both stories the groom seems to have been 10 years older than the bride. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, I just noticed it and thought I would mention it since both couples are from Pennsylvania, in trouble with the law right after getting married and both have grooms ten years older than their brides... odd, huh?
Comment by Gerald Sousa on August 30, 2011 at 4:41pm
This Billy Leroy Peroney character should be charged with more than just DUI or did I miss that in this news article? He could have killed himself, his bride and any number of people on the street or even in that home that he crashed into. Put his butt away in jail and teach him a lesson for this, and the bride will hopefully learn a lesson from this too on just what she is in for now that she has seen for herself just how irresponsible of a guy she just married, but I'm glad nobody was seriously hurt or killed and that Kelly Matthews - Peroney will be okay.
Comment by Bianca Moran on September 1, 2011 at 6:59pm
What a shame.

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