Dad's 15 brutal words to drunk driver who killed his daughter on her wedding day

Tragic bride Samantha Miller, 34, was inactive wearing her wedding formal erstwhile she was killed by portion operator Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, conscionable hours aft tying the knot

A dada whose girl died successful a fearfulness clang connected her wedding day has issued a damning connection to the drink driver who took her life.

Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, was good implicit doubly the velocity bounds erstwhile she smashed into a golf cart, sidesplitting bride Samantha Miller, 34, who had conscionable got joined astatine a formation successful South Carolina. Komoroski aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to reckless homicide, felony DUI causing decease and 2 counts of felony DUI causing large bodily injury. She was sentenced to 25 years successful situation connected Monday.

Addressing the pistillate who killed his girl astatine Charleston County courthouse, dada Brad Warner said: “When I get successful hell, and you travel there, I’ll unfastened the doorway for you.”

The groom, Aric Hutchinson, cried successful tribunal arsenic helium recalled the past moments helium spent with Samantha Miller. A thrust connected the play cart retired of the wedding venue turned retired to beryllium 1 of the last fewer seconds they spent arsenic hubby and wife. He said: “On the play cart, she told maine she didn’t privation the nighttime to extremity and I kissed her connected the forehead and past the adjacent happening I retrieve is waking up successful the hospital.”

Police said Komoroski had been drinking astatine respective bars connected the nighttime of the incidental connected April 28, 2023, and was driving 65 mph connected a constrictive formation roadworthy with a velocity bounds of 25 mph erstwhile she slammed into the cart leaving the wedding. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.26%, which is much than 3 times the ineligible bounds to thrust successful South Carolina.

The bride was inactive wearing her wedding formal erstwhile she died, portion the groom suffered a encephalon wounded and breached bones. The cart was thrown 300 feet by the impact.

Alongside her 25-year sentence, Komoroski, 27, was besides sentenced to 15 years successful situation for each number of felony DUI causing large bodily wounded and 10 years for reckless homicide. The sentences volition each tally astatine the aforesaid time.

After pleading guilty, Komoroski said she realised she had been addicted to alcohol, and promised to walk the remainder of her beingness helping addicts and informing of the dangers of drinking and driving. She said she was "devastated, profoundly ashamed and sorry" for what she did, adding: "I privation I could spell backmost and undo this unspeakable tragedy. But I cannot. I volition unrecorded the remainder of my beingness with aggravated regret for what happened that night."

A fig of friends and household of some Samantha Miller and Komoroski spoke astatine the hearing, which lasted astir 3 hours. Groom Mr Hutchinson said helium sees much doctors and therapists than helium tin number due to the fact that of his carnal injuries and the intelligence anguish of the crash, and that helium thinks astir it each azygous day. He said: "I privation I had died that night. I privation I had seen it coming. I’d person jumped disconnected the play cart truthful you would lone person tally maine over."

Before the sentencing, Samantha's dada Mr Warner slammed Komoroski not taking work and told her helium would not perceive to immoderate apology she gave. He added: "The remainder of my beingness I’m going to hatred you and erstwhile I get successful hellhole and you travel there, I volition unfastened the doorway for you. You person ruined truthful galore people’s lives."