A widower sobbed as he revealed his new wife’s final words moments before she was killed by a drunk driver on her wedding night who’s now been jailed for 25 years.
‘She said she didn’t want the night to end, I kissed her on the head, the next thing I knew I woke up in hospital,’ Aric Hutchinson told the sentencing of Jamie Lee Komoroski Monday, shortly before a sobbing Komoroski was imprisoned until 2049.
Hutchinson’s wife Samantha Miller was killed on their April 2023 wedding night after Komoroski plowed into them at 65mph, with Hutchinson also revealing the eerie moment he realized his wife was dead.
‘I saw my mom wearing the same wedding dress as she had on the night before,’ he told a court in Charleston. ‘Asked for Sam and knew instantly she wasn’t there.’
Hutchinson was left gravely-injured by the smash and revealed the extent of his injuries to the court Monday, before a judge sentenced Komoroski to 25 years to death over Miller’s death.
‘I’ve seen more doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists than I can count, and I still feel the same as I did when I found out that day,’ Hutchinson said in court while holding back tears.
‘I wish I had died that night. I wish I had seen it coming. I’d have jumped off the golf cart so that you’d only have run me over. we did not get hit, we got ran through at 65mph.’
Aric Hutchinson sobbed as he told a court about his wife Samantha Miller’s final words Monday
The happy couple pictured on their wedding day just hours before being mown down by Jamie Lee Komoroski, who admitted Samantha’s homicide Monday
Hutchinson, still recovering from his injuries, described the harrowing moment he realized his wife was gone.
‘I saw my mom wearing the same wedding dress she had on the night before. I asked for Sam and knew instantly she wasn’t there,’ he said.
He described the pain and guilt he endures every day since the devastating crash that took his wife’s life.
The fatal crash occurred when Komoroski, driving at 65 mph with a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit, slammed into the golf cart carrying Miller, Hutchinson, and two of his family members.
Miller, 34, died at the scene, while Hutchinson and the others sustained life-altering injuries.
The fatal crash occurred when Jamie Lee Komoroski (pictured in court Monday), driving at 65 mph with a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit, slammed into the golf cart carrying Miller, Hutchinson, and two of his family members
Her Instagram shows Komoroski flaunting her enviable figure in a series of bikini-clad beach photographs taken everywhere from Sullivan Island in South Carolina to Turks and Cacos and a Thanksgiving vacation with her family
Komoroski was sentenced to 25 years for DUI causing Samantha’s death, as well as 15 years for DUI causing Hutchinson’s injuries and 10 years for reckless homicide.
The sentences will run concurrently meaning Komoroski will spend 25 years in jail – the maximum amount of time she faced for the charges.
After Samantha’s family members spoke, Komoroski stood before the court and admitted responsibility, delivering her own emotional statement.
“On the night of April 22, 2023, I chose to drink and drive, which resulted in the death of Samantha Miller,” Komoroski said. “This is the worst decision I have ever made in my life.”
Komoroski expressed remorse for the pain she caused Miller’s family.
“Due to my poor decisions, a beautiful wife, sister, and daughter was taken,” she said. “All I can say is how incredibly remorseful I am.’
‘I want them to know how sorry I am from the bottom of my heart and that I take full responsibility for my actions. I will always be devastated, deeply ashamed, and terribly sorry for what I have done.”
Komoroski sobbed in court as she admitted to reckless homicide in Charleston, South Carolina Monday over the April 2023 killing of Samantha Miller.
She told the court she’d never forgive herself for the horrific tragedy.
Komoroski was three times over the legal limit when she crashed into newlyweds Aric and Samantha Hutchinson, killing the bride
She also pleaded guilty to felony DUI and two counts of DUI causing greater bodily injury or death.
Komoroski wore a black suit and appeared to have put on weight ahead of Monday’s court appearance, which had been scheduled as a trial after she previously denied the charges.
Jurors were set to be picked from a pool, but the killer driver’s lawyers instead indicated that she wished to enter a guilty plea.
She looked somber as she entered the courtroom to admit crimes that could see her jailed for 25 years.
Komoroski did not strike a plea deal, meaning a judge does not have to show her leniency for sparing Miller’s family a trial.
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