

The officer then reported getting a warrant for two vials of blood after she refused to provide a breath sample at the station. She grew uncooperative after refusing to complete a sobriety test, according to the affidavit, and the officer had to help her stand. She told the responding officer that she had consumed one beer and a drink with tequila about an hour before the crash, according to an affidavit obtained by The Associated Press. Jamie Komoroski, 25, has been charged with reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of driving under the influence causing death or great bodily injury. She pointed inebriated ride seekers towards apps like Uber or Lyft. She and her daughter, Mandi Jenkins, are now urging drivers to reconsider how a split-second decision to take the wheel while drunk may have lasting consequences for a “real family” like theirs. "Sam doesn’t want this to destroy our lives. She doesn’t ever want anybody to be sad or mad," Lisa Miller said.

She wanted to make sure that everybody was taken care of. That act emblematized the Charlotte, North Carolina, native's positive nature, her mother said. Two other occupants also reportedly suffered injuries of varying severity.Īt the wedding reception, Samantha Miller had asked the DJ to make a surprise announcement for a dance with “the most important person in the bride's life." Mom and daughter were soon dancing to “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars. The groom, Aric Hutchinson, is recovering from a brain injury and numerous broken bones after the golf cart was thrown 100 yards (91 meters). Samantha Miller, 34, died Friday in Folly Beach, South Carolina, while still wearing her wedding dress. Then, Lisa Miller said she learned that the bride's father had identified the body back at the crash site. “This light coming off her face, she was just so happy.”Ī day that had begun blissfully with charcuterie and mimosas along the beach ended with hours spent in agony outside a hospital where she had wrongly been told her daughter had been taken. And her face was just lit up like - I don’t know how to describe it," Lisa Miller said of her daughter.
