They had a wedding?

A local man loses his life in a speeding accident on the day of his wedding.

Did you mean, they day he was to be wed?

A local man, Scott Forsythe, died in a car accident just 15 minutes before his wedding . . .

Did they go ahead with the ceremony?

. . . half a mile away from the church where he was getting married today.

So, he died and then he went half-a-mile down the road to get hitched?

Make sure you say PRECISELY what you mean to say!