A grieving father said he hates the drunk driver who killed his daughter on her wedding night and told her he wants to see her in hell.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 27, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after she admitted to reckless homicide in Charleston, South Carolina, over the 2023 killing of Samantha Miller, 34.
Miller’s new husband Aric Hutchinson was also badly-injured after being struck by Komoroski while he and his new wife rode on a golf cart following their Folly Beach nuptials.
During Komoroski’s sentencing, Miller’s father sobbed as he told her he was disgusted that she appeared to never take responsibility. He said she could apologize, but he wouldn’t listen to a word.
‘For the rest of my life I’m gonna hate you,’ Miller’s father Brad Warner told Komoroski in court on Monday.
‘And when I arrive in hell, and you come there, I’ll open the door for you.’
Hutchinson also addressed Komoroski during her sentencing, revealing Miller’s last words as he sobbed.
‘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,’ he said.
Samantha Miller’s father sobbed in court as he addressed her killer Jamie Lee Komoroski
Miller’s new husband Aric Hutchinson was also badly-injured after being struck by Komoroski
Komoroski, 27, admitted to reckless homicide in Charleston, South Carolina Monday over the April 2023 killing. She was sentenced to 25 years on Monday
‘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.’
Komoroski faced up to 25 years and did not strike a plea deal, meaning the judge did not have to show her leniency for sparing Miller’s family a trial.
She pleaded guilty at the Charleston County courthouse to reckless homicide, felony DUI causing death and two counts of felony DUI causing great bodily injury before her sentencing.
Police Komoroski drank at several bars on April 28, 2023, and was driving 65 mph on a narrow Folly Beach road with a speed limit of 25 mph when she slammed into the golf cart.
Her blood-alcohol level was 0.26 percent, which is more than three times the legal limit to drive. The cart was thrown 100 yards by the crash.
The bride died still wearing her wedding dress. The groom suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones.
After pleading guilty, Komoroski said she realized now she was addicted to alcohol and selfishly didn’t care how her actions affected others.
The car and the golf cart involved in the deadly bridal party crash sitting in the lot of a towing company
She promised to spend the rest of her life helping addicts and warning of the dangers of drinking and driving. She said she was ‘devastated, deeply ashamed and sorry’ for what she did.
‘I wish I could go back and undo this terrible tragedy. But I cannot. I will live the rest of my life with intense regret for what happened that night,’ she said.
She said all her work will be dedicated to Miller’s memory.
‘I pray God stands by the side of my victims and their families and loved ones for the rest of their lives,’ Komoroski said.
