FOLLY BEACH, S.C. – Newly released police station video shows the woman who drunkenly killed a newlywed bride on her wedding night sobbing, denying responsibility, and pleading like a child to call her father and go home just minutes after the deadly crash.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, now 27, was captured on camera inside the Folly Beach Police Department on the night of April 28, 2023, after slamming her rented Toyota Camry into a golf cart carrying bride Samantha Hutchinson, her new husband Aric, and two wedding guests. Komoroski was driving 65 mph in a 25 mph zone with a blood-alcohol level of 0.261%, more than three times the legal limit.
In the footage, Komoroski sits handcuffed in a chair wearing a sports bra, open flannel shirt, and torn jeans. She repeatedly complains about not being allowed to phone her father and claims officers have “no proof” of any wrongdoing.“I just wanna, like, get it over with and go home,” she says early in the video.
When an officer tells her she can call her dad once she is booked into jail, she escalates: “Nobody has any proof of anything that I did… Nobody has a right to deny that from me, right? … Nobody proved anything.”
She grows more agitated, demanding answers and addressing the wall-mounted camera directly while crying. At one point she mocks her own behavior, according to reports of the full recording, calling herself “just being a little baby.”
The video comes as a stark reminder of the human cost of choosing to drive impaired. Samantha Hutchinson, 34, was killed at the scene just hours after celebrating her wedding. Her husband Aric and the two guests suffered serious injuries.
Komoroski showed little accountability at the crash scene itself, telling officers she “didn’t do anything wrong” even as emergency responders treated the victims. She later pleaded guilty to felony DUI, two counts of DUI causing great bodily injury or death, and reckless homicide. A judge sentenced her to 25 years in prison.
Law enforcement and prosecutors have long pointed to cases like this as examples of why personal responsibility behind the wheel matters. Komoroski had been bar-hopping in the beach town before getting behind the wheel that night. The newly released footage underscores the disconnect between the irreversible harm she caused and her immediate focus on getting home and calling her father.
The Hutchinson family has endured years of grief since that April night in 2023. The release of the station video has renewed public attention on the case and the lasting consequences of one driver’s decision to drive drunk.
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