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Dad of bride killed by drunk driver shares chilling promise before sentencing

By Chris Bradford

Dad of bride killed by drunk driver shares chilling promise before sentencing

THE dad of a bride mowed down by a drunk driver issued a chilling threat to his daughter's killer - moments before she was sentenced.

Miller and her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, tied the knot in Folly Beach, South Carolina, south of Charleston, in April 2023.

They were riding in a golf cart that Komoroski plowed into.

She was still wearing her wedding dress when she was killed.

"And when I arrive in hell, and you come there, I'll open the door for you."

Hutchinson told the court he's been left grieving following his wife's death.

"I wish I had gone that night," he said.

He revealed that he doesn't have passion or joy, nor does he drive.

"I am stuck in hell," he said.

Hutchinson recalled what Miller told him on their wedding day.

"She told me she didn't want the night to end, and I kissed her on the forehead, and that's the last thing I remember," he said.

Komoroski had previously insisted that she didn't do anything wrong, but she was pictured sobbing while sitting in court.

Tears rolled down her cheeks while Miller's family spoke.

Hutchinson was hospitalized following the smash and left with horror injuries.

He suffered a brain injury and broken bones.

Other members of Miller's family were injured in the tragedy.

In the immediate aftermath of the crash, Komoroski was defiant.

Court documents revealed she refused to do sobriety tests at the scene.

She reportedly asked officers repeatedly why she was being arrested.

Komoroski was asked if she had been drinking, to which she replied she had a beer and a tequila pineapple mixer.

Komoroski pled guilty to the charges leveled against her on the day her trial was to begin.

She pled guilty to one charge of felony DUI resulting in death, two counts of DUI causing great bodily injury or death, and one count of reckless homicide.

Komoroski received a 25-year sentence for the felony DUI charge.

She was given 15 years for the two counts of DUI causing injury or death and 10 years for reckless homicide.

Months after the crash, Komoroski's defense team slammed how she was being portrayed as pictures emerged of her.

And jailhouse recordings, obtained by the Post and Courier, revealed she sobbed about the prospect of going to prison.

In one call, she told her parents that she felt like a terrible person.

In court, Komoroski told Miller's family she would "always be devastated and ashamed" of what transpired.

Komoroski's lawyers said she was disappointed by the verdict.

"She got to do what she wanted today, which was accept responsibility, fall on her sword cause obviously that is part of the healing not just for the families of the victims but for also her," her lawyer Chris Gramicconi said.

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