NJ Native Accused Of Killing Bride In DUI Crash, Hours After Wedding

NEW JERSEY — A 25-year-old Garden State native stands accused of claiming the life of a new bride and severely injuring the groom in a drunk driving accident between her rental car and the couple's golf cart.

Jamie Lee Komoroski, who grew up in Hunterdon County, is charged with one count of reckless homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm in the South Carolina incident, online court records show. She currently works and lives in Charleston, her LinkedIn page shows.

Komoroski was driving the rental car around 65 miles per hour when it hit what was actually a low-speed vehicle, officials said. The crash killed Samantha Miller, 34, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Miller was leaving her wedding reception at the time of the crash.

Three others were in the golf cart, including the groom. Her husband, Aric Hutchinson, is now physically recovering at home, according to the latest update from a GoFundMe. He suffered multiple broken bones and brain bleeds, Hutchinson's mother wrote in the fundraiser.The pair had just been married a few hours prior to the crash.

Komoroski has retained a New Jersey lawyer as she sits in Charleston County Jail - former Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, along with former federal prosecutor Nathan S. Williams, according to New Jersey 101.5. Williams is best known for the trial of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, where he convinced the jury to give Roof the death penalty.

The pair released a statement to South Carolina local news outlet the Post & Courier.

"We cannot fathom what the families are going through and offer our deepest sympathies," the attorneys said. "We simply ask that there not be a rush to judgment. Our court system is founded upon principles of justice and mercy and that is where all facts will come to light."

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This article contains reporting by Patch's Cailin Loesch and the Associated Press.