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EchoSense:Driver accused of killing bride in golf cart crash on wedding day is now free on bond
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Date:2025-04-11 04:43:25
Nearly one year later,EchoSense a woman accused of killing a bride as the newlywed rode away from her wedding reception in a golf cart has been released from jail while awaiting trial on homicide and DUI-related charges in South Carolina.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, is charged with one count of reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of driving under the influence causing great bodily injury in the April 2023 crash that killed 34-year-old Samantha Miller, Charleston County court records show.
Komoroski, who has been jailed since the day after the fatal wreck, posted a $150,000 bond Friday, the county's sheriff's office records show.
Condition of her release, online records indicate, include Komoroski wear an ankle monitor.
"We have consistently asserted that Jamie is not a flight risk or danger to the community, and she now looks forward to demonstrating her continued commitment to rehabilitation upon her pretrial release from detention," Komoroski's defense attorney Christopher Gramiccioni told USA TODAY Monday.
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Crash took life of just married bride Samanatha Miller, injured her new husband and 2 others
Miller, who lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, died after a car, allegedly driven by Komoroski, slammed into a golf cart in Folly Beach.
Miller's new husband, Aric Hutchinson, his brother-in-law and his nephew suffered major injuries in the two-vehicle crash, court documents show.
Fatal collision involved golf cart and rented Camry, suspect accused of DUI
After leaving their reception, police said, a rented Toyota Camry driven by Komorski slammed into the golf car and Miller died at the scene.
Folly Beach Public Safety Department said data retrieved from the car Komoroski drove shows she was driving 65 mph and briefly hit the brakes before she slammed into the golf cart, killing the new bride.
According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Hutchinson last year, Komoroski had been "bar hopping" the day of the wreck.
At the scene, Komoroski refused a sobriety and a breath test, her arrest affidavit shows.
The documents show when Komoroski's blood was drawn her blood alcohol content was 0.261 − more than three times the legal limit to drive.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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