The alleged drunk driver accused of killing a bride on her wedding day in South Carolina told police he «did nothing wrong» despite allegedly having a blood alcohol content of more than three times the limit. legal, according to official documents.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was arrested and charged with one count of reckless homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm after the April 28 incident, online records show.
Samantha Miller, 34, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died in the crash just hours after she married Aric Hutchinson, who was also injured in the incident, Folly Beach Public Safety Director Andrew Gilreath said, according to The Associated Press.
According to an incident report, law enforcement responding to the scene in the 1200 block of East Ashley Avenue in Folly Beach observed «a smashed sideways golf cart with a Toyota sedan» with four victims around the crash site.
Miller was found not breathing, with no pulse. Officers attempted to revive Hutchinson by administering CPR and connecting her to an automated external defibrillator, but a paramedic pronounced her dead at the scene.
Three other people, including Hutchinson, were taken to the Medical University of South Carolina.
Sergeant Zachary Halpern contacted Komoroski, the suspected driver of the Toyota, and reported that he «smelled alcohol on his breath and on his person.»
Komoroski told Halpern that he was driving home when «all of a sudden something hit me.» Halpern noted that the suspect was driving east on East Ashley Avenue and that his house was in the opposite direction.
Komoroski refused to take any field sobriety tests and was unsteady when Halpern asked him to stand. She told the sergeant that she had two drinks that night, a beer and a «pineapple of tequila an hour or so ago,» the incident report says.
Komoroski’s blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit in South Carolina, which is 0.08 percent, according to a toxicology report.
At least four people went to the scene of the accident to help the victims. One of the witnesses told police that the crash sounded like «a loud explosion.»
Komoroski would then «stop talking like he was thinking» and start asking if the car at the scene was his, then «see one of the wounded and start yelling who is that,» the report says.
Another witness reported that Komoroski repeatedly said «I did nothing wrong» and that he wanted to go home, according to the report.
Komoroski remains in custody and will appear in court on June 16. online records show. Komoroski’s lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.