Heartbreaking video has emerged of bride Samantha Hutchinson dancing with her new husband at their South Carolina wedding reception — just hours before she was killed by an alleged drunk driver.
The footage shows the blushing bride being spun around on the dance floor by her new spouse, Aric Hutchinson, soon after they tied the knot at Folly Beach last Friday.
The newlyweds were filmed clutching hands and embracing each other as they swayed to John Legend’s “U Move, I Move” in front of their loved ones.
Samantha and Aric Hutchinson were filmed dancing at their wedding reception in Folly Beach, South Carolina just hours before the bride was killed by an alleged drunk driver. Facebook / Michael D PeiferThey were later pictured beaming at each other as they were waved off by guests under a canopy of sparklers at the end of their fairytale wedding reception.
Tragedy struck soon after when the golf cart they were being whisked away in was rear-ended allegedly by 25-year-old Jamie Lee Komoroski at about 10 p.m., authorities said.
Sam was declared dead at the scene after the golf cart was thrown more than 100 yards and rolled several times, their families said. Her seriously injured husband was rushed to hospital suffering from a brain injury and several broken bones.
Two of the groom’s relatives who were escorting the newlyweds were also injured in the crash.
They were pictured beaming at each other as they were waved off by guests under a canopy of sparklers at the end of their fairytale wedding reception. GoFundMe“I was handed Aric’s wedding ring in a plastic bag at the hospital, five hours after Sam placed it on his finger and they read each other their vows,” the groom’s mom wrote on the GoFundMe started just hours after the tragedy.
“Aric has lost the love of his life.”
Meanwhile, the alleged drunken driver — who was not injured — was arrested and charged with DUI involving death and reckless homicide.
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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.
Komoroski, who was allegedly driving 65 miles per hour at the time of the crash, smelled of alcohol but refused a field sobriety test, cops said.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was allegedly driving drunk when she crashed into the golf cart carrying the newlyweds. AP
Sam was declared dead at the scene while her husband and two others were seriously injured. WCIVAccording to an arrest affidavit, Komoroski told first responders she’d had one beer and one tequila shot before the accident.
When asked how she felt on a scale of 1 to 10 — 10 being completely sober — Komoroski allegedly rated herself an 8.
