Haunting video has emerged of the golf cart-like vehicle that bride Sam Hutchinson and her new husband rode as they left their wedding reception — showing it smashed up and mangled after they were rear-ended by an alleged drunk driver.
Hutchinson, 34, and her new husband Aric Hutchinson were riding in the rear seat, facing backward, when they were smashed into by a car driving at 65 mph.
A haunting video has emerged of the golf cart-like vehicle that bride Sam Hutchinson and her new husband rode as they left their wedding reception. WCIV
Hutchinson’s husband, who was badly injured, and two others were hospitalized. GoFundMeThe seat on which the newlyweds sat is lopsided.
Pieces of the bride’s wedding gown were stuck in the bumper of the rental car, the outlet noted.
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Komoroski was charged with three felony DUIs resulting in great bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide after killing a bride and injuring a groom who had just left their wedding reception. She is facing up to 25 years in jail.
Komoroski, 25, plowed into Samantha Hutchinson’s golf cart, which had four people on it, while driving around 65 miles per hour, according to Folly Beach police.
Sam Hutchinson was declared dead at the scene by responding officers. Her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Police said Komoroski’s blood-alcohol content was three times over the legal limit.
Komoroski reportedly smelled of alcohol but refused to take a sobriety test, according to police.
Aric filed a wrongful death suit against the alleged drunk driver and the bars that he says served her before the horrific incident.
Komoroski has been let out of jail and is under house arrest after being granted bail with strict conditions on Friday, as revealed by The Post.
A judge said she should be granted bail if Charleston County couldn’t bring the case to trial before March 1.
It was initially reported that the vehicle was a golf cart, however, Folly Beach Public Safety Department Chief Andrew Gilreath confirmed it was what is called a low-speed vehicle, or LSV.
Will Harton, the CEO of Elto Lesire Cars, said that, unlike golf carts, LSVs are equipped with an array of enhanced safety features, including headlights, brake lights, turn signals, seat belts, an advanced braking system, and reflectors.
Hutchinson and her new husband Aric Hutchinson were riding in the rear seat, facing backward, when they were smashed into by a car driving at 65 mph. Facebook / Michael D Peifer
Hutchinson was declared dead at the scene, according to authorities. Facebook / Michael D Peifer“Golf carts can be operated within four miles of your home during daylight hours, not on main surface streets, more neighborhood riding,” he told the outlet, adding that LSVs can’t be driven above 35 mph.
Hutchinson was declared dead at the scene, while her badly injured husband and two others were hospitalized.
The driver of the car which hit them, Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was arrested and charged with DUI involving death and reckless homicide.
The driver of the car, Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was arrested and charged with DUI involving death and reckless homicide. APShe is on suicide watch in jail.
