Utah bride, still in wedding dress, killed by drunk driver, reports say

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah A family mourns after a woman is murdered by a drunk driver who went the wrong way just hours after she got married.

Angelica Dhondup, 26, of Salt Lake City, was still wearing her wedding dress when her car was hit in the early hours of Saturday morning on Interstate 15, USA Today reports. Family members tell Deseret News that Dhondup was home with his cousin, who was driving, to deliver some wedding gifts and was returning to his reception when the accident occurred.

A 20-year-old cousin was hospitalized for a non-life-threatening injury.

She went to drop off her wedding gifts and she was on her way back to the party. He’s not even a mile away, Tayler Craft, Dhondups’ best friend, told Deseret News.

The misguided driver, identified as Manaure Gonzalez-Rea, 36, has been charged with DUI, DUI auto homicide criminal negligence, reckless driving and failing to remain in an accident involving death and theft, USA Today reported.

Reports said Gonzalez-Rea was driving a Toyota pickup south on the north lane and hit a Dhondups vehicle, killing him. When others stopped to help, Gonzalez-Rea reportedly stole people’s trucks and left. He was quickly caught by law enforcement.

Skill tell KSL.com that Dhondup managed to call his sister after the accident.

She called him and told him he had an accident and he was badly injured and he couldn’t breathe, Craft said. Dhondup died shortly after the call, KSL.com reported.

They have to say I do, but they can’t live for anything else, Craft told Deseret News. They had a whole life planned together and (Gonzalez-Rea) just cut it short.

according to gofundme page, Dhondup has two sons and plans to adopt a daughter.