Wedding on hold after groom gets hurt in East Bay car crash

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - An East Bay couple's wedding is on hold after the groom-to-be gets hit by a truck on his way home from work.

"They cut open the side of my leg right here, put a plate in there, and then they put eight screws," Taylor Stevens of San Leandro explained to KTVU.

Stevens is in a lot of pain after a major car accident just weeks before his wedding.

"All I could think about was my fiancé, my mom, my dad," said Stevens.

The 24-year-old's Chevy truck was left mangled after he briefly turned around to see loose cargo in the back of his truck and rear-ended a big rig on Highway 24 in Lafayette on Tuesday night.

"So unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to walk down the aisle like that, which is a bummer," said Stevens, who was planning to get hitched on October 13 to his fiancé Chelsea Fiero.

"Oh God. It was a lot of different emotions," said Fiero. "Like, I'm so glad you're alive. I also want to beat you up right now. I could care less about the wedding now. I just want to get him back on his feet."

Stevens was released from John Muir in Walnut Creek on Friday night where he underwent surgery to repair a broken leg and broken heel.

After at least four months of physical therapy, he is expected to make a full recovery, and the traumatic experience brought them closer together.

"I don't even think it was possible, but I love him even more," said Fiero. "Like, you are just my precious little baby."

"I believe everybody's here for a reason, and we all have a purpose," said Stevens. "Maybe it wasn't my time."

As they move forward together, the couple is hoping they can both walk down the aisle sometime next year.