A couple, Austin Wesson and Rebekah Bouma, who are both 19 years old have died in a car accident just one day after celebrating their wedding.


The Kansas couple were married on Friday. A day later, their truck struck an embankment and crashed into a tree about two miles east of Clearwater, Kansas, according to the Wichita Eagle.

Wesson was pronounced dead at the scene, while Bouma was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition. She died Monday.

Bouma’s mother, Rachel Byker Bouma, asked for prayers for her and Wesson’s families in a Facebook post.

"(Rebekah Bouma) is with the Lord that she loved to deeply and so joyfully and she is with her husband of just one day, Austin Wesson, whom she loved with all her heart,” Rachel wrote. “We thank God that they are together while grieving their loss so very deeply."

"They were very much in love," John Bouma, Rebekah’s dad, said of the new couple. "There was no doubt whatsoever that their love was the real thing./