THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jun 1, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
NY Post
New York Post
3 May 2023


NextImg:New video shows bride Sam Hutchinson dancing with husband before deadly 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.

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 Peifer

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.

The ceremony
The couple tied the knot in a ceremony on Folly Beach on Friday.
Facebook / Michael D Peifer
The couple kissing in front of guests
The couple were pictured hours later kissing as guests farewell them.
Facebook / Michael D Peifer
The happy couple
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.

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 in her mugshot
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was allegedly driving drunk when she crashed into the golf cart carrying the newlyweds.
AP
The wrecked golf cart
Sam was declared dead at the scene while her husband and two others were seriously injured.
WCIV

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.