The moment a couple tried to practise a performance of the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing ahead of their wedding but both ended up in A&E was caught on camera by bemused family members.

Bride-to-be Sharon Price and fiance Andy Price were left unconscious after their attempt to recreate the famous film in a Weston-Super-Mare pub beer garden spectacularly flopped.

They have both watched the 80s film more than 30 times and wanted to do the famous lift moment on the big day.

Bride-to-be Sharon Price (right) and fiance Andy Price (left) wanted to recreate the famous lift from Dirty Dancing on their wedding day

The couple decided to practise their moves in a Weston-Super-Mare pub beer garden

After larking around in the garden on Saturday afternoon the couple thought it would be fun if they tried a practise run at about 9.30pm.

But things went disastrously wrong when they collided and Mr Price, 51, was knocked out cold. They were both pictured sprawled out on the floor.

Ms Price, 52, was also bruised and both were rushed to a nearby Southmead Hospital in Bristol after the relatives they were with realised the couple were not joking about their injuries.

The couple had been enjoying the sunshine in Somerset, when they were inspired to recreate the scene from the 1987 movie.

Just like Jennifer Grey leaping into the arms of Patrick Swayze, Ms Price ran at her partner, ready for him to lift her above his head. But instead the couple ended up flat out on the grass.

Ms Price was unable to breathe after winding herself, and Andy hit his head so hard he was knocked out. At first their family thought they were joking but soon had to dial 999.

The couple were both left unconscious after their attempt to recreate the famous film spectacularly flopped

Ms Price said: 'I have always loved Dirty Dancing and it is one of my all time favourite films. We were in the beer garden and my niece and nephew were messing around trying to do the lift.

'So I looked at Andy and suggested that we have it as our first dance at our wedding. We immediately set about trying to recreate that iconic moment. But it's fair to say it didn't go to plan.

'When I ran at Andy he tried to lift me, but we just collided. At first our family thought we were just messing about but they soon realised we had actually really hurt ourselves.'

Just like Jennifer Grey leaping into the arms of Patrick Swayze (pictured), Ms Price ran at her partner, ready for him to lift her above his head

Paramedics loaded Mr Price into an ambulance after cutting off his t-shirt and then rushed him to hospital.

Ms Price said doctors laughed when she told them how the accident happened.

She said: 'The paramedics were pretty worried about Andy and cut his t shirt off and blue-lighted him up to Southmead Hospital.

'We are OK now but Andy has a bruised back and neck and my back still hurts.'

The couple (pictured), who have been together for 18 months, met while working at Seetru Engineering in Bristol and plan to get married next year

Ms Price said doctors laughed when she told them how the accident happened

The couple, who have been together for 18 months, met while working at Seetru Engineering in Bristol.

Mr Price got down on one knee after Christmas Day lunch last year and popped the question. The couple, who are both grandparents, are going to tie the knot next year.

Ms Price added: 'All I could hear was the paramedics saying he was going in and out of consciousness. Our feet were sill entwined and they had to separate us.

Paramedics loaded Mr Price into an ambulance after cutting off his T-shirt and then rushed him to hospital

'We were both badly bruised but we're alright now. I think we're going to go for a slow one for our first dance.'

Mr Price's niece Kerri, 21, who took the photos, said: 'We didn't know how serious it was until we saw them on the floor.'

A South West Ambulance spokesman confirmed to MailOnline that 'two rapid response vehicles and one ambulance' attended to the couple.

He added: 'Both had head and back injuries [and] were taken in to Southmead Hospital, Bristol, for treatment.'