A woman repeatedly asked to call her dad after she killed a bride while driving under the influence in May 2023, according to bodycam footage that captured the aftermath of the tragedy.
On the night of April 28, 2023, bride Samantha Miller, her groom Aric Hutchinson and two others were in a golf cart on the way to their wedding reception in Folly Beach, South Carolina, when Jamie Lee Komoroski crashed into them. Miller, 34, died in the crash.
Komoroski, 27, pleaded guilty to DUI causing death, two felony charges for a DUI causing great bodily injury and another charge for reckless homicide in December 2024.
More than three years after the crash, recently released bodycam footage revealed the immediate aftermath of the crash and Komoroski’s arrest.
In one part of the footage obtained by Live 5 News, Komoroski was heard screaming “is she OK?” She also told the officers that she had only had one drink and a beer in the hour leading up to the crash.
However, police ultimately determined that Komoroski’s blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit in South Carolina, according to WCSC.
Another video showed Komoroski sitting inside a car with her feet outside as she asked an officer if she could call her father. After the officer said she couldn’t, she asked why she couldn’t speak to her father and the officer said it was because she was under arrest.
“For what?” Komoroski asked. The officer then said she had been arrested for a DUI, and she responded by asking, “How do you know?”
The bodycam footage continued to document her in the police station. Komoroski refused to sit upon her arrival and she started crying once she finally sat down. “I just want to go home,” she said.
Komoroski once again demanded to call her dad, though the officer said that was “not gonna happen right now.”
She did not take the answer well and continued to demand that she had “the right to call my father.” The officer once again said no, and she asked “why not.”
Following the tragedy, Hutchinson filed a wrongful death suit against Komoroski and a handful of South Carolina bars after Komoroski was reportedly “bar hopping” before she got behind the wheel.
A settlement was reached in December 2025, and Komoroski’s vehicle insurer was ordered to pay $160,000 to Hutchinson. Hutchinson was set to receive $104,586.67 of the $160,000, while the remaining funds would be used to cover attorney fees and other costs.
The December 2025 settlement came after a judge approved settlements from the bars The Drop-In, the Crab Shack and Snapper Jacks. Additional settlements had been approved with Progressive Auto Insurance and Enterprise Rent-A-Car during a motion hearing that was held in 2024.
