The maid of honor of the bride who was killed by an alleged drunk driver paid tribute to her late best friend — while slamming the “stupid decision” that cost her her life.
Ashley Favret mourned Samantha Hutchinson, who was killed Friday night when Jamie Lee Komoroski allegedly slammed her rental car into the golf cart she was riding on with her husband, Aric.
She said her friend and soulmate of 15 years was killed after a perfect day in Folly Beach, South Carolina.
“It was everything she had dreamed for that day to be,” Favret told WBTV, adding that she was angry that “a stupid decision because of alcohol cost her life.”
Favret told the outlet that Hutchinson “brought light to pretty much everywhere. I miss her. I don’t know what I’m going to do without her.”
The 34-year-old bride was declared dead at the scene, still wearing her wedding dress.
Her husband and two others were hospitalized.
Ashley Favret mourned the loss of her best friend and soulmate of 15 years, Samantha Hutchinson. WBTV
“I miss her. I don’t know what I’m going to do without her,” Favret said. Facebook/Ashley FavretKomoroski is on suicide watch in jail after being charged with three felony DUIs resulting in great bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide.
She reeked of alcohol and told first responders that she had had just one beer and one tequila shot about an hour before the accident, according to an affidavit.
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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.
A warrant was issued for two vials of Komoroski’s blood after she refused to provide a breath sample at the police station.
Samantha Hutchinson was killed Friday when Jamie Lee Komoroski allegedly slammed her car into the golf cart the newlyweds were traveling in. GoFundMe
Jamie Komoroski is on suicide watch in jail after being charged with three felony DUIs. APShe was driving at 65 mph when her vehicle plowed into the tragic couple, officials said.






