The bride killed by a drunk driver after her wedding said she wanted 'this day to last forever' just before their golf cart was hit, mom says
- The bride killed by a drunk driver hours after her wedding wanted the night to "last forever."
- Samantha Miller's mother shared her last words to her husband with the "Today" show.
Moments before a drunk driver hit the golf cart she and her new husband were riding in, killing her and seriously injuring her husband, Samantha Miller told Aric Hutchinson that she wanted their wedding day to "last forever."
"She looked at [her husband] on a golf cart and said, 'I want this day, this evening, to last forever,' on the golf cart right before it happened," Lisa Miller, Samantha's mom, told the "Today" show.
Last month in South Carolina, Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson had just exchanged vows when a drunk driver hit a golf cart — emblazoned with a "just married" sign — they and two others were riding in. According to a GoFundMe post made after the tragedy, the cart was thrown more than 100 yards and flipped several times.
Samantha Miller died of blunt force injuries at the scene, Charleston County Coroner's Office said, CNN reported. Aric Hutchinson was treated for several broken bones and a brain injury, his mother said, Insider previously reported, and the two other people on the cart with the newlyweds were also seriously injured, Today reported.
The alleged driver, 25-year-old Jamie Lee Komoroski, was charged with one count of reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm, police said, according to Today. NBC News reported that Komoroski had a blood alcohol level of 0.261, which is more than three times the legal limit.