Groom whose bride was killed by drunk driver in golf cart crash accepts $160k settlement

Mother and sister of bride killed on wedding night speak out

Lisa Miller said the DUI tragedy was "not an accident" and the driver made a "conscious choice" to "plow down my daughter." (Credit: FOX News Digital)

Aric Hutchinson, the man whose new bride was killed by a drunk driver, has accepted a final settlement in a wrongful death suit he filed, according to multiple reports. 

By the numbers:

Hutchinson was awarded $160,000, of which he will receive $104,586.67, People magazine reported.

Additionally, Hutchinson was awarded previous settlements related to his wife’s death that totaled more than $863,000.

Bride tragically killed shortly after wedding

The backstory:

Jamie Komoroski, 27, was more than three times the legal limit when she crashed into a golf cart carrying newlyweds Samantha Miller, 34, and her groom, Hutchinson, 36, on their wedding night, killing Miller. 

FILE - This photo provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, in South Carolina, shows Jamie Lee Komoroski, on April 29, 2023. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office)

Komoroski was going 65 mph in a 25 mph zone when she slammed her rental car into Miller and her husband while they were leaving their reception in Folly Beach, South Carolina. 

Miller died from her injuries, while Hutchinson suffered two broken legs, multiple broken bones in his face and brain injuries. 

In December 2024, a judge sentenced Komoroski to 25 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of felony DUI, two counts of DUI causing great bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide.

What they're saying:

"I feel like the punishment fit the crime," Hutchinson told WCSC after Komoroski was sentenced. "I do think she’s sorry. However, that doesn’t change the fact that Sam’s not here, my wife’s not here, the family we planned, all of our injuries. So that’ll take some time for sure."