A new bride was killed and a groom seriously seriously injured on their wedding night when a suspected drunken driver crashed into a golf cart ferrying them from their reception.
the golf cart had lights and was legal to drive at night. Folly Beach police did not immediately respond to TODAY.com’s request for comment."She, from the moment she woke up that day until she left the venue, she told Aric on the golf cart that she wanted this day to last forever," Jenkins said of her sister. "He told us that at the hospital today when we saw him."
A GoFundMe page was created by the groom’s mother, Annette Hutchinson, to cover medical fees and her daughter-in-law's burial. The post said her son was in the hospital in critical condition, with injuries that included brain trauma and several broken bones. He received one of two planed reconstructive surgeries and was expected to have a long recovery, the post said.
The page featured a photo of the smiling couple leaving the reception as their guests waved sparklers around them. It apparently was taken just moments before the accident. “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,” Annette Hutchinson said in the post. “Aric has lost the love of his life.”On May 1, Samantha Hutchinson’s "She carried a light about her, one that shined so brightly upon everyone with whom she interacted," the company said. "Simply put, Samantha brought an abundance of joy and laughter to the workplace.
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