The alleged drunk driver that crashed into a newlywed couple, killing the bride and injuring the groom moments after their wedding, reportedly cried and asked "why me?" after the tragedy.
Jamie Lee Komorski, 25, remains in custody after being charged with three counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide.
She was allegedly three times over the legal limit when she crashed her car into a golf cart carrying Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller from their wedding.
Samantha was killed in the incident and Aric was severely injured, including having two broken legs - one of which needed to be surgically repaired - as well as bleeding on the brain, broken bones in his face, and broken vertebrae in his back, but survived.
Komoroski is currently awaiting her court date, and recordings of her conversations with family and friends from jail have now been released.
The Post and Courier obtained the recordings, which were taken at Charleston County Jail, through an open record request and revealed that Komoroski feared her life is "going to be over" in the wake of the incident.
The publication reports that Komoroski sobbed in one recorded phone call, telling her parents: "I can’t believe this is my life... and my whole life is going to be over.
"Oh my God. I just can’t believe this happened to me... Why me?... I’m going to be here for years and years and years and years."
Her father was then reportedly heard telling her to "suck it up" and "get tough" while in prison, to which she responded: "I can't. I want it to be over."
In another call to her parents, Komoroski reportedly said: "I'm just so confused, like, why this would happen to me," adding: "I just pray and hope that the judge understands how regretful and remorseful I am, and that I’m not a bad person and that I’ll never do anything bad again."
In a separate video call with her friends and boyfriend, Komoroski reportedly said she felt like a "terrible person" for what had happened but believed she wouldn't have to serve prison time as the crash had been accidental.
The publication reports her saying: "There’s been people that have, like, killed people on purpose before and, like, they’ve gotten out on a bond.
"It was just like a freak accident … obviously, I didn’t mean it to happen. I just feel like a terrible person, like, I didn’t mean for any of that to happen."
Komoroski then told her friends: "Please don’t be stupid like I was because all it takes is one time."
In later recordings, she reportedly seemed to understand how serious the situation was and the lengthy jail sentence that she could face, with a DUI charge carrying up to 15 years in prison, while a vehicular homicide charge could be 10 years.
The groom has also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Komoroski as well as the bars and restaurants that served her alcohol on that tragic night, despite her allegedly being "noticeably and visibly intoxicated".
A GoFundMe has also been set up to cover Sam's funeral costs as well as Aric's medical bills, and over $729,000 has been raised so far.
Komoroski is set to appear in court on June 16.
