Video shows SC bride Sam Hutchinson dancing with husband before crash
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.
They 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.
“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.
Everything you need to know about Sam Hutchinson's tragic death
Who was Sam Hutchinson?
The 34-year-old was tragically killed by a drunk driver as she was leaving her wedding reception with her husband, Aric, who suffered severe injuries.
Hutchinson was reportedly killed by Jamie Lee Komoroski, who was three-times over the legal limit, while the bride and groom exited the wedding reception on a golf cart.
Hutchinson was declared dead at the scene.
Aric filed a wrongful death suit against the alleged drunk driver and the bars that he says over served her before the horrific incident.
What will happen to Jamie Lee Komoroski?
Komoroski, 25, plowed into the Hutchinsons’ golf cart while driving around 65 miles per hour, according to Folly Beach police.
The driver reportedly smelled of alcohol but refused to take a sobriety test.
She was charged with three felony DUIs resulting in great bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide. She is facing up to 25 years in jail.
Despite alleged special treatment in jail, Komoroski reportedly has griped about everything, from the food to not being allowed to hold the TV remote control — and not getting an exercise mat to do crunches.
Komoroski has started outlining her plans for her own wedding in a tearful jail phone call with her father, obtained exclusively by The Post.
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.
According 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.
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