Groom rushes to help at nearby crash scene in Maryland

EASTON, Md. (AP) – The newly married couple was posing for sunset photos at a waterfront inn on Maryland’s Eastern Shore when the dreamy atmosphere was broken by the unmistakable screeching of a car crash.

The groom, Marine Capt. Andrew Cruz, left the side of his bride, Cara Neufeld, and sped toward the sound. Cruz and others from the wedding last week found an overturned SUV in a stream. Cruz’s brother-in-law, Brandon Neufeld, says Cruz took off his dress jacket, climbed on the SUV and broke a window with his elbow.

The unresponsive driver had fallen to the passenger side, but now they could see that she was not submerged in water.

Cruz spoke to an OnStar operator and as the driver regained consciousness, emergency workers arrived.

Maryland State Police say the driver was flown to a Baltimore hospital.