‘Drunk driver’ Jamie Komoroski to remain in jail in death of South Carolina bride

The woman charged with drunkenly crashing into a golf cart, killing a just-married South Carolina bride, was visibly upset in court Tuesday as a judge refused to spring her from jail.

Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, breathed heavily and looked close to tears when she appeared at the proceedings via video.

The New Jersey native was dressed in a striped prison jumpsuit as Circuit Judge Michael Nettles ruled that she will remain in custody while awaiting trial on a slew of charges related to the April 28 wreck that killed Samantha Miller, 34, and left the groom and two others seriously injured.

“[Komoroski] didn’t just kill my child,” Miller’s mother, Lisa, said tearfully during the hearing.

 “She killed all of us.”

Komoroski is accused of driving her Toyota Camry over twice the speed limit down a quiet Folly Beach road with a blood alcohol content of 0.261.

The Coastal Carolina University graduate smashed her vehicle into the gold cart carrying Miller, her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, and two relatives from their nearby wedding reception.

Miller was pronounced dead at the scene, while Hutchinson and the two others were treated for extensive injuries.

Komoroski – who was allegedly belligerent at the scene of the crash – was subsequently charged with reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of driving under the influence causing death or great bodily injury.

Her attorneys previously requested $100,000 bond with the understanding that Komoroski would attend a substance abuse rehab program before being released to her mother’s supervision.

The former waitress has no criminal history and is not a threat to public safety, they argued unsuccessfully.

“This is certainly a very tragic situation for all concerned,” Nettles said after delivering his decision on Tuesday.

The judge asked that both the prosecution and defense work to expedite Komoroski’s trial, which is scheduled for March 2024.

If the case is not heard by that time, she could be released on $150,000 surety bond and subject to electronic monitoring under house arrest, Nettles ruled.

In May, Komoroski expressed optimism that she might be out of jail soon, telling her boyfriend in a recorded jailhouse call that “the head person of Charleston County” wanted her to be home with her family.

“She’s really nice, and I think she’s gonna help me…things are looking up,” she said on the call, which was published by The Post and Courier.

In other recordings, Komoroski complained about not having an exercise mat to do crunches in her cell, as well as the jail food and other regulations, the outlet said.

Also in May, Hutchinson, 36, filed a wrongful death suit against Komoroski and several of the bars and restaurants that allegedly served her in the hours before the crash.

Komoroski, the lawsuit claims, was given “copious amounts of alcohol” despite being “visibly intoxicated” after a day of partying.

Komoroski’s former employer, the Taco Boy, and her unnamed boss, are also named for “inviting, encouraging, pressuring, and ultimately coercing [Komoroski] to drink alcohol beyond the point of visible intoxication” despite her history of substance abuse.

With Post wires