A newlywed couple from Massachusetts got a big surprise on the way to their reception when their party bus struck a bridge on Soldiers Field Road.
Varteni Akian and her husband Steve had just gotten married at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown on June 21 and were headed to their reception at Venezia in Boston. When they got to the Anderson Memorial Bridge by Harvard University, the driver tried to pass through.
Bus strikes low bridge
“He tried to pass the clearance chains, which he did, and then he made contact with the bridge and then paused and started reversing on Storrow Drive to be able to make the exit ramp to take Mass Pike to get to Boston,” said Varteni Akian. “It delayed us but we didn’t need a police escort to be able to reverse safely, by some miracle.”
Varteni Akian credited her husband for calming everyone down after the moment of impact…