Convicted drunk driver Jamie Komoroski urged South Carolina cops to check on the bride that she killed after plowing into her golf cart minutes after her wedding reception, according to newly released police bodycam footage.
Komoroski, then 25, claimed that she “didn’t do anything wrong” as she sat roadside following the crash that saw 34-year-old newlywed Samantha Hutchinson pronounced dead in Folly Beach, SC in April 2023, WCSC reported.
Komoroski was traveling behind the wheel of her Toyota rental car at 65 mph when she smashed into the back of Hutchinson’s golf cart.
“Is she okay?” Komoroski asked bystanders about Hutchinson, according to a clip which the outlet released.
Komoroski then yelped, “Go check on her,” while an officer surveyed the wreckage. Komoroski’s car airbag was deployed and smoke was seen billowing into the air.
Jamie Komoroski was hysterical by the roadside following the April 2023 smash. Folly Beach PD
Komoroski was helped to her feet before she screamed and appeared to point at Hutchinson’s body.
“We can get a blanket and cover her up,” a responding officer was heard saying just before 10:30 p.m. on April 28, while Komoroski was led away from the crash scene.
Folly Beach cops have also released footage that showed Komoroski being uncooperative at the roadside once she had composed herself.
Komoroski, who had spent an hour drinking at bars before the crash, initially told cops she didn’t have a drink – before admitting she had a beer and a tequila pineapple cocktail.
“On a scale of 1-10; 10 being the most impaired and intoxicated you’ve ever been in your entire life, and 1 being completely sober, where would you rate yourself right now,” the officer asked at 10:56 p.m.
Samantha Hutchinson smiling on her wedding day with her husband Aric Hutchinson, at a beach in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Facebook / Michael D Peifer
“I would like a lawyer right now, honestly,” Komoroski fired back.
She also wanted to call her dad, a request refused by the cop, and was told several times to put her feet inside the police car.
Komoroski continued to complain when she was in the police station.“I just, like, want to get it over with and go home,” she said.
Komoroski was convicted in 2024 on reckless homicide and DUI charges. AP
She asked an officer if she could call her dad, and claimed “Nobody has any proof of anything I did.”
Komoroski was told she didn’t have a right to a phone call while in protective custody and the officer refused to grant her request.
“You’re a grown adult and you’re crying on camera,” an officer in the room said, which sent the driver into a frenzy.“Yeah, hello, I’m crying because he’s not letting me call my f–king father even though they haven’t proven s–t,” she said while slurring.“I’m just being a little baby.”
She then imitated the cop who was telling her to “stop.”
Komoroski claimed it was her right to have a phone call while in custody – even though it’s not in the Constitution.
She also refused to provide a breath sample – demanding officers “prove” the DUI allegations.
“I don’t have to prove anything,” she snapped.
Komoroski was later found with a blood alcohol content of 0.261% – more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 in South Carolina.
She was sentenced to 25 years in prison in December 2024 after pleading guilty to reckless homicide and DUI charges.
But during her trial, Hutchinson’s widow, Aric Hutchinson, told the court how he wished he died alongside his bride.
“I wish I had gone that night, so she didn’t have to go alone,” he said.
“I don’t have joy, I don’t have passion, I don’t have drive. I am stuck in hell. I think about that night every single day and the last moments that I had with Sam on the golf cart.”
Komoroski apologized to her victim’s family and said she would “always be devastated” and “deeply ashamed” of her actions.
