{"id":132814,"date":"2024-12-03T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T04:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132814"},"modified":"2024-12-03T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T04:45:46","slug":"former-n-j-woman-driving-drunk-who-killed-bride-still-in-her-wedding-dress-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132814","title":{"rendered":"Former N.J. woman driving drunk who killed bride still in her wedding dress sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2KPLH7D35REFNOUDDL7YTZY3EA\">A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bride-killed-crash-folly-beach-dui-speeding-8163a3a39a5e18f11fb5ff61c158ff73\">killing a bride who had just got married<\/a> at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Z7EXHECD4NFALE2UNUSPXRXEMU\">Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty at the Charleston County courthouse to reckless homicide, felony DUI causing death and two counts of felony DUI causing great bodily injury before her sentencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BUNCZOZL3VDVXIZRNQ3VXXCUDY\">Also hurt in the 2023 crash was the groom, Aric Hutchinson, who cried in court as he recalled the last moments he spent with Samantha Miller \u2014 some of their only moments as husband and wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DRRZ6C5DQ5AYTLFMCOPKDFPS3E\">\u201cOn the golf cart, she told me she didn\u2019t want the night to end and I kissed her on the forehead and then the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital,\u201d Hutchinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XPOL5MO2DZGRRLL2EEMM5BN3PE\">Komoroski, 27, was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years in prison for felony DUI causing death by Judge Deadra Jefferson. She also was sentenced to 15 years in prison for each count of felony DUI causing great bodily injury and 10 years for reckless homicide. The sentences will all run at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"36ZQYQXC2RC7TLV3G3DCV2RF3A\">Police said Komoroski drank at several bars on April 28, 2023, and was driving 65 mph (105 kph) on a narrow Folly Beach road with a speed limit of 25 mph (40 kph) when she <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bride-killed-crash-folly-beach-dui-speeding-3d3b23a89d439dd2a0aab4d3c5b04ad8\">slammed into the golf cart<\/a> leaving a wedding. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2023\/05\/ex-nj-woman-had-3x-legal-limit-for-booze-in-crash-that-killed-bride-on-wedding-night-cops-say.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood-alcohol level was 0.26%<\/a>, which is more than three times the legal limit to drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PN4LHINOS5AZTF7RIZQ32XX4SQ\">The 34-year-old bride died still wearing her wedding dress. The groom suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones. The cart was thrown 100 yards (91 meters) by the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PRXL4WASHZHQ3NNO2CKJXI3YSU\">After pleading guilty, Komoroski said she realized now she was addicted to alcohol and selfishly didn\u2019t care how her actions affected others. She promised to spend the rest of her life helping addicts and warning of the dangers of drinking and driving. She said she was \u201cdevastated, deeply ashamed and sorry\u201d for what she did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AGRP75BWF5DWFDSERXVUBG6ACA\">\u201cI wish I could go back and undo this terrible tragedy. But I cannot. I will live the rest of my life with intense regret for what happened that night,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XKBAWS4DKZER5GT6632LRL56TQ\">She said all her work will be dedicated to Miller\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"W7XGYYWHUFCXXJCCK5TUF4TCBQ\">\u201cI pray God stands by the side of my victims and their families and loved ones for the rest of their lives,\u201d Komoroski said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K67AKJB3TJC4VJXXIEGFFWASTQ\">A number of friends and family of both Miller and Komoroski spoke at the hearing, which lasted nearly three hours. Komoroski\u2019s supporters asked the judge to be lenient because she is young, remorseful and can still do good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HIYCLUGZKBA7NK6KAUK4YNJQ34\">Many of Miller\u2019s family asked for a harsh sentence, saying they can never get her back and that the decisions Komoroski made that night were selfish and permanently scarred many lives. Komoroski looked at most of Miller\u2019s family, including Hutchinson, as they spoke, occasionally wiping away tears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MB6U65G3LRBXBIN5KGO563DJGE\">Hutchinson said he sees more doctors and therapists than he can count because of his physical injuries and the mental anguish of the crash, and that he thinks about it every single day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"266RQYWGAJG4BG73EUU6EA2QSU\">\u201cI wish I had died that night. I wish I had seen it coming. I\u2019d have jumped off the golf cart so you would only have run me over,\u201d Hutchinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Y4E4RV3N3FFJNDE4ARGKF6S6XA\">Hutchinson won $863,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wedding-beach-drunk-driver-south-carolina-04af093539d29018137af39a5c66f81d\">legal settlements<\/a> from three bars that served Komoroski as well as her insurance firm and the company she rented her car from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"U4QDFUOAEFG75N35S5Q33WGLME\">Before the sentencing, Miller\u2019s father told Komoroski he was disgusted that she appeared to never take responsibility. He told her she could apologize, but he wouldn\u2019t listen to a word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"47XYP32UBRGTTEVSX6YB7BQLRI\">\u201cThe rest of my life I\u2019m going to hate you and when I arrive in hell and you come there, I will open the door for you,\u201d Brad Warner said. \u201cYou have ruined so many people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/12\/former-nj-woman-driving-drunk-who-killed-bride-still-in-her-wedding-dress-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132814\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}