Woman killed on her wedding day by drunk driver (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

my understanding is that the wedding is good and all but it's just a ceremony. it's not official and legal until the marriage certificate is signed, which I believe happens during the reception

If that's true, what happens in this case regarding insurance, beneficiaries etc. if legally she wasn't officially his wife yet?

My view: I think this may vary by state but I think it depends on the timing of the signatures. If the couple have signed their license before the ceremony and then all that is left is for the officiant to sign after (which is then filed with the county clerk’s office, which then issues the marriage certificate) then I think the officiant’s signature is ministerial and can happen after even if the bride dies moments after the wedding.

If the couple (either by choice or by state rules) don’t sign until after - it depends on when the death happens. If they have signed it, it’s valid, if they haven’t, it isn’t.

I would have to do some research to see what the SC procedure is. But my strong suspicion is that if the bride completed both the signature of the license (whenever she did it) and marriage ceremony, they were married as a matter of law.

 

[Optimus Prime]

A judge has denied bond for a woman accused of killing a newlywed bride when she drunkenly slammed her Toyota Camry into a golf cart along a South Carolina beach road.

Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, will remain behind bars awaiting trial after officials say she drove over twice the speed limit into a low-speed vehicle escorting a couple on their wedding day. Her blood alcohol content exceeded three times the legal level, according to a toxicology report. She faces charges of reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of driving under the influence causing death or great bodily injury.

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

Nettles asked that both parties work to expedite the trial, which is currently scheduled for March 2024. If the case is not heard by then, Komoroski can be released on a $150,000 surety bond. She would be subject to electronic monitoring and placed on house arrest.

Komoroski, appearing by video, frequently turned her eyes upward during a brief recess on Tuesday. She looked visibly shaken throughout the proceeding.

“She didn’t just kill my child,” Lisa Miller, the bride’s mother, said tearfully in court. “She killed all of us.”…….

Bond is denied for South Carolina woman accused of killing newlywed bride in drunken crash

The South Carolina woman accused of killing a newlywed bride when she drunkenly slammed her car into a golf cart is not getting released from jail before her trial.

apnews.com

 

[BooBirdSaint]

Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 39 minutes. In 2021, 13,384 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths — a 14% increase from 2020. These deaths were all preventable.

Drunk Driving | NHTSA

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[bigdaddysaints]

Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 39 minutes. In 2021, 13,384 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths — a 14% increase from 2020. These deaths were all preventable.

Drunk Driving | NHTSA

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too many people just think it's cool, like some kind of badge of honor. I know a cop who does this. his wife has to have a full blown argument with him to let her drive. I know guys who work at the plant who stop and get a couple beers on the way home everyday..

 

[Sailorsaint]

too many people just think it's cool, like some kind of badge of honor. I know a cop who does this. his wife has to have a full blown argument with him to let her drive. I know guys who work at the plant who stop and get a couple beers on the way home everyday..

We have drive thru liquor stores where you can buy a mixed drink and drive off.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

We have drive thru liquor stores where you can buy a mixed drink and drive off.

I haven't seen those, but there are plenty drive through Daiquiri shops and drive through liquor stores, but not opened. I have used both and not drink them while driving.
but I honestly never heard of being able to buy a mixed liquor drink in a drive through, that's crazy.

 

[Semper]

I haven't seen those, but there are plenty drive through Daiquiri shops and drive through liquor stores, but not opened. I have used both and not drink them while driving.
but I honestly never heard of being able to buy a mixed liquor drink in a drive through, that's crazy.

Damn. Every daiquiri shop I have ever been to hands you a styrofoam cup with a straw in it and the paper wrapper on the straw on top.

 

[0rion]

too many people just think it's cool, like some kind of badge of honor. I know a cop who does this. his wife has to have a full blown argument with him to let her drive. I know guys who work at the plant who stop and get a couple beers on the way home everyday..

My wife and I talk about this often. There's a popular wing place here in town we go to for lunch. Every single time we're in there guys are in there drinking beer on their lunch break. I just don't get it. I drink beer with the best of them but there's a time and place for it.

 

[saintmdterps]

I can't imagine someone driving 65 mph there. That drunk idiot either had a death wish or was feeling homicidal. Ugh. Just feel terrible for the families.

We have a patient who caused an accident resulting in the death of a 20-year old man. She is 49 and was high on crack cocaine when she passed in a no passing zone, sideswiped one car and hit another just about head on. The 20 year old was killed in front of his parents as they were headed to the beach for their annual vacation. Charges are pending.

She has multiple leg fractures, she has no remorse. She'll casually mention, "Yeah, a 20-year old got killed" I haven't heard her say it yet, but if she does I will ask her "Does that even bother you?" She talks about needing to buy anther vehicle and I thought she'll have plenty of time to search for one while she's in jail. I'm not sure if she's in denial, but it's very hard to have any sympathy for her.

 

[DaveXA]

My wife and I talk about this often. There's a popular wing place here in town we go to for lunch. Every single time we're in there guys are in there drinking beer on their lunch break. I just don't get it. I drink beer with the best of them but there's a time and place for it.

Absolutely. I'll never understand anyone willingly consuming alcohol and driving during or soon after. I've had friends who were hit by drunk drivers. And i know families who've lost loved ones to drunk drivers.

It just pisses me off to no end when you can take a cab or uber or public transportation home. It's really not that hard. Either that or take your drinks home. Some people don't care if their actions harm others. Ugh.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Absolutely. I'll never understand anyone willingly consuming alcohol and driving during or soon after. I've had friends who were hit by drunk drivers. And i know families who've lost loved ones to drunk drivers.

It just pisses me off to no end when you can take a cab or uber or public transportation home. It's really not that hard. Either that or take your drinks home. Some people don't care if their actions harm others. Ugh.

I've mentioned it before, but when my wife was in middle school, her grandmother was taking her to school at 7am and they were hit by a drunk driver on his way home from work, he drank multiple beers on his ride home, but he "wasn't drunk yet"... They had to use the jaws of life to get her out of the car. She broke her Femur. not fracure, but a complete break. she was in the hospital in traction for 6 weeks, then wheelchair, then crutches.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

My wife and I talk about this often. There's a popular wing place here in town we go to for lunch. Every single time we're in there guys are in there drinking beer on their lunch break. I just don't get it. I drink beer with the best of them but there's a time and place for it.

When my Orlando-based uncle was still with us, he would often relate the story of coming to my Saturday morning buddy basketball games at Gernon Brown- remarking that every dad would come in with playmate ice chests filled with beer
Obviously it’s better’ now but nowhere close to good

 

[saintmdterps]

When my Orlando-based uncle was still with us, he would often relate the story of coming to my Saturday morning buddy basketball games at Gernon Brown- remarking that every dad would come in with playmate ice chests filled with beer
Obviously it’s better’ now but nowhere close to good

We’d get stopped back in the day on the way home from keggers and the cop would say “go home. If I see you again tonight you’re going to jail” which just meant you’d have to call your parents from the pokey. You had to really mess up to get a DWI

 

[bigdaddysaints]

We’d get stopped back in the day on the way home from keggers and the cop would say “go home. If I see you again tonight you’re going to jail” which just meant you’d have to call your parents from the pokey. You had to really mess up to get a DWI

my wifes uncle was a part time police officer in Arkansas. He said if he pulled somone over who had been drinking, he wouldn't give them a DUI, but would tell them to call someone to pick them up (in a few instances he took them home) and he would impound their car and they could come get it the next morning (or Monday if it was the weekend). He said you would be surprised how many people would arugue with him about impounding their car. He said he would then not only arrest them for DUI, but still also impound their car. I would like to think the alcohol made them idiots, but chances, they were just Aholes in their daily lives...

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I would like to think the alcohol made them idiots, but chances, they were just Aholes in their daily lives...

I mean that’s the issue right? The more you drink, the more you’re having an internal debate with someone who’s getting worse and worse at decision making/risk management