Mom of bride who was killed by drunk driver on wedding day speaks out about the moment she saw daughter's killer in court
Niamh Shackleton
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Samantha Miller's mom has spoken out on the moment she saw her daughter's killer in court.
Last year, Miller was killed when Jamie Lee Komoroski struck a golf cart carrying Miller and her husband Aric Hutchinson - who had been wed that day.
Komoroski was under the influence when she hit the golf cart while driving 65mph, which was 40mph above the speed limit.
Hutchinson survived the tragic ordeal, but was left seriously injured and sustained a brain injury.
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Several months after the crash, Komoroski was indicted and charged with driving under the influence resulting in death, two counts of DUI with great bodily injury, and reckless homicide.
At Charleston County Courthouse on Monday (December 2), Komoroski admitted to the charges including felony DUI resulting in death.
She's since been sentenced to 25 years behind bars for felony DUI resulting in death, as well as 15 years for DUI causing Hutchinson's injuries, and 10 years for reckless homicide.
Komoroski will serve the sentences at the same time.
Speaking in court, the 27-year-old expressed her remorse over the April 2023 incident, saying: "On the night of April 22, 2023, I chose to drink and drive, which resulted in the death of Samantha Miller.
"This is the worst decision I have ever made in my life," she went on.
"Due to my poor decisions, a beautiful wife, sister, and daughter was taken. All I can say is how incredibly remorseful I am."
Now, Miller's mother Lisa has spoken out about the moment she saw Komoroski in court, and said she felt 'nothing'.
"I know people want me to hate her and to wish her ill, but I looked at her and I felt nothing," she told Mail Online.
"My daughter is gone; nothing can change that. She is a girl who made a series of bad choices, and my daughter is dead as a result."
Hutchinson also spoken in court where he shared his wife's final words to him before she died.
"She said she didn't want the night to end," the grieving husband recalled.
"I kissed her on the head, the next thing I knew I woke up in hospital."
Going on to speak about how the accident affected him physically, Hutchinson went on: "I've seen more doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists than I can count, and I still feel the same as I did when I found out that day."
He continued to say that he wish that he'd died that night instead of his wife.
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