Soap wedding day disasters – helicopter crash, shooting horror and death heartbreak

Serial killer Meena Jutla is out for revenge in Emmerdale, as she returns for Billy Chapman and Dawn Taylor’s wedding this week.

Soap bosses have already teased that no character is safe from Meena, with executive producer Jane Hudson telling the press: “There are still some more twists and turns to be had in this story.

“Some that you probably won’t see coming but I think we can all agree that Meena can pretty much do anything.”

Will Billy and Dawn live happily ever after? Or will Meena’s plan unfold? Viewers will have to wait and see.

The couple are not the first characters to encounter problems at their wedding, with other famous soap couples witnessing huge disasters and devastating deaths on the big day.

Ahead of a tense week in Emmerdale, Daily Star takes a look at soap’s biggest wedding day disasters and deaths.

Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell drown – EastEnders

EastEnders has had its fair share of wedding heartbreak, but Ronnie Mitchell’s wedding to Jack Branning was one of its most devastating.

After tying the knot in a beautiful celebration, husband Jack took their children upstairs to the hotel room and read them a story.

Sisters Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell continued the celebrations by drinking champagne but later decided to take a quick swim in the pool.

Their fun then turned to tragedy after Roxy jumped in and began to drown.

When Ronnie tried to save her, she also began to struggle in the water and sadly died alongside her sibling.

Helicopter crash horror – Emmerdale

Long before Meena’s revenge plan on Billy Chapman and Dawn Taylor, Emmerdale witnessed a number of wedding day disasters.

During Debbie and Pete Dingle’s wedding in 2015, the helicopter that was supposed to whisk them away from the ceremony took a turn for the worse and crashed straight into the village.

The couple and their guests were forced to flee, but sadly not everyone escaped.

Village residents including Ruby Haswell died, while the force of the blast trapped Val Pollard and sister Diane Sugden in a fairground ride.

Diane managed to escape, but Val tragically died after a mirror shard fell on her in the aftermath of the blast.

Explosion nightmare – Neighbours

Toadie married the love of his life Sonja Mitchell in 2013, but a devastating explosion by the wedding marquee injured Sonya, causing her to fracture her skull and lose her memory of the wedding.

While Toadie and Sonja survived, two other Ramsey Street residents, Priya Kapoor and Rhys Lawson died.

Sonya recovered and regained her memory, living together with Toadie and her son Callum, and later giving birth to her and Toadie’s daughter.

However, there was more heartbreak for Toadie when Sonya died of cancer in 2019.

Bradley Branning falls off a roof – EastEnders

EastEnders’ first-ever live episode in 2015 to celebrate the soap’s 30th anniversary left viewers on the edge of their seats, with a shock wedding day death.

After forgiving Stacey Slater for sleeping with his dad Max, Bradley Branning married Stacey for a second time during the special episode.

However, their big day was overshadowed by Bradley’s suspected involvement in the death of Archie Mitchell.

Before he and Stacey could escape Albert Square, the police chased Bradley to a rooftop.

Not long after, Bradley slipped and fell to his death in a shocking end to the episode.

Calvin Valentine gets shot during first dance – Hollyoaks

If there was ever a list of places that had the most wedding day deaths, then Hollyoaks would be number one on that list.

From brides being pushed out of windows, to shock deaths at the hands of their partners to be, a disaster at a Hollyoaks wedding is certain to be expected.

One of the most shocking tragedies occurred during Calvin Valentine and Carmel Mcqueen’s big day when Calvin’s ex Theresa came back for revenge.

When the couple attempted to perform the famous lift from Dirty Dancing during their wedding reception, Calvin was shot and died instantly.

It would be six months before viewers found out who the culprit was, becoming one of the soap’s biggest Who Done It? storylines.

Fred Elliot’s tragic death – Coronation Street

Everyone’s favourite soap butcher Fred Elliot was one of Coronation Street’s most famous faces.

His Weatherfield neighbours were delighted when he planned to marry Bev Unwin before tragedy struck.

Before the ceremony, Fred had second thoughts and visited his former flame Audrey Roberts, who confessed to still having feelings for him.

However, after a heart to heart, he decided to go ahead with his wedding to Bev.

Sadly their union was not meant to be and Fred did not make it to the church, as he collapsed in Audrey’s hallway following a stroke and died a short time later.

It was a tragic end not only to the big day but also a sad farewell to one of Coronation Street’s most beloved characters.

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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk