A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when an alleged drunk driver accused of going at more than twice the speed limit slammed into a golf cart carrying the newlywed couple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samantha Miller, 34, died just hours after exchanging vows with her husband Aric Hutchinson, South Carolina authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bride, from North Carolina, died of blunt force injuries at the scene of the crash, according to the coroner’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Hutchinson remains in hospital in a critical condition with a brain injury and multiple broken bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The golf cart – which was decorated with a “just married” sign – was thrown 100 yards and flipped several times when a car crashed into the back of it on a South Carolina beach road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say 25-year-old Jamie Lee Komoroski was at the wheel of the other vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrew Gilreath, public safety director for the Folly Beach area where the crash took place, said data retrieved from her rental car indicated she was driving at 65mph in a 25mph zone and only briefly hit the brakes before she hit the golf cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The groom’s mother created a Go Fund Me Page to pay for her daughter-in-law’s funeral and her son’s medical bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It included a photo of the newlyweds running under sparklers just moments before the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wrote: “I was handed Aric’s wedding ring in a plastic bag at the hospital, five hours after Sam placed it on his finger and they read each other their vows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Aric has lost the love of his life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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