SC - Bride, Samantha Miller, dies 5 hours after wedding when DUI driver slams golf cart, Folly Beach - 28 Apr 2023

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With the drivers experienced lawyers she will likely get a bond I think.
 
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worm said:
With the drivers experienced lawyers she will likely get a bond I think.
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Do you know when her bond hearing is?
 
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Gardenista said:
Do you know when her bond hearing is?
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I can’t link so they will spank me for saying that I seen a story on foxcarolina but it’s likely on other sites.
 
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I noted for reference a local case where a man got 20 years for a DUI crash in Spartanburg that killed 2 nearby college softball players and injured 2 more. He plead guilty.
 
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Check your news sources for this case. Bond hearing soon.
 
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neesaki said:
How terrible. And They were riding on the back of the cart? Good Lord, they had to see it coming. What a horror.

My community started allowing golf carts on the road not long ago. My husband has been saying ever since, that “someone is going to get seriously injured or killed, just wait”. Not to victim blame, but IMO they just aren’t safe on the road with automobiles. Especially at night. JMO

That being said, the driver with the DUI SHOULD NOT have been behind the wheel. With all her priors, I’m surprised she still had a license.
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Here, the “street legal” golf carts can only drive on streets that are 35mph or less. So it makes sense that she was not only drunk but exceeding what was a -safe speed area- for the street golf carts.
I have seen an uptick in NO concern for pedestrians, bikes, golf carts. We drive ours extremely on the defense cause some don’t -see- us. They roll through a stop, almost side swipe us etc.( an aside: I am astounded there are no seatbelts or babyseats in golf carts. Just ppl holding a child or baby on their lap. No -roll bar- on ours either )
Gotten to where we do not take it out on a holiday week. Just too dangerous. There is not protection if you are struck.
There but for the grace.
JM experience
 
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BeachSky said:
Here, the “street legal” golf carts can only drive on streets that are 35mph or less. So it makes sense that she was not only drunk but exceeding what was a -safe speed area- for the street golf carts.
I have seen an uptick in NO concern for pedestrians, bikes, golf carts. We drive ours extremely on the defense cause some don’t -see- us. They roll through a stop, almost side swipe us etc.( an aside: I am astounded there are no seatbelts or babyseats in golf carts. Just ppl holding a child or baby on their lap. No -roll bar- on ours either )
Gotten to where we do not take it out on a holiday week. Just too dangerous. There is not protection if you are struck.
There but for the grace.
JM experience
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RB&IBM

The statistics agree with your observations! Per the Governors Highway Safety Association report, "[d]eaths of people walking surged 19% in just three years." (2019 - 2022)

www.ghsa.org

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2022 Preliminary Data | GHSA

GHSA's annual spotlight report, Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2022 Preliminary Data, offers a comprehensive look at state and national trends in pedestrian deaths in 2022. The report projects that drivers struck and killed at least 7,508 people walking in 2022 – the highest number...
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Thomas Gruel

@thomasdgruel

#Breaking The judge rules that he thinks defendant Jamie Komoroski is a flight risk and denies bond. However, if the state does not take the case to trial by March of 2024, she will be granted bond at that time.
 
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Don't facetwitter... what are they tweeting/X-ing. lol
 
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Megnut said:
What???? She got bail?????
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She did not get bail. Judge said she would get out on bail/house arrest if the case hasn't been brought to court by March 2024, as is expected.
 
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Just joining this thread. What happened is so, so sad. There is no real "fix" other than the maximum jail time for the suspect if proved and then prosecuted to the fullest.
One apparently drunk driver does such damage and loss that cannot be undone.
Hoping good solid justice will prevail -- but the loss of life cannot be fixed or changed.
 
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Gardenista said:
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That was very painful to listen to. :(
Devastating.

And if I've read correctly, this was not the only instance of Komoroski's brush with drinking and driving ?

nypost.com

Jamie Komoroski had history of traffic violations before killing bride in crash: report

She was first charged with speeding in May 2018 in Horry County, South Carolina, where she attended college at Coastal Carolina University.
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" Komoroski,... has a history of speeding dating back to May 2018..."


people.com

Mom of Bride Struck in Golf Cart After Wedding Confronts Suspect During Hearing: 'She Killed All of Us'

Jamie Lee Komoroski crashed into bride and groom Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson as they were leaving their wedding reception on a golf cart. In court on Tuesday, the judge called the situation "very tragic" and denied Komoroski bond.
people.com people.com

The report added that when officers asked Komoroski what happened after the accident, she allegedly replied, "I was driving, and then all the sudden, something hit me."
Red bolding mine.
Making up bold-faced lies.
Ugh.
Omo.
 
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