Traci Komoroski, the mother of a South Carolina woman accused of driving drunk and tragically striking a newlywed bride earlier this month, was accused of “carelessly” hitting and killing a firefighter in a car accident in 2013.

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Who is Traci Komoroski?

Born in 1962, Traci Komoroski is the mother of Jamie Lee Komoroski, who is accused of running over Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson’s golf cart on Folly Beach, South Carolina, just after they left their wedding celebration, killing the bride and seriously injuring the groom, according to court documents.

Miller died instantly in the incident on April 28 while still dressed for her wedding. Hutchinson had facial fractures, fractured bones, and brain hemorrhage. Two family members in the golf cart also made it out alive.

Police said Komoroski was driving 65 mph on a 25 mph road while his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit.

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According to court records and local sources, Traci Komoroski was involved in a New Jersey crash in March 2013 that killed firefighter Jeffrey Scheuerer, 35.

The estate of Scheuerer claimed in a 2014 civil lawsuit that Komoroski, who was 52 at the time, “negligently and carelessly failed to appreciate (Scheuerer) and the general firefighting activity in the area, resulting in her striking (Scheuerer) body causing grievous and ultimately fatal injuries.”

“As a direct and proximate result of the aforesaid carelessness, negligence and recklessness of the defendants, (Scheuerer) was violently struck, sustaining painful and permanent injuries and resultant death,” the complaint stated as per Fox.

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In the end, the plaintiffs and Komoroski settled the lawsuit for $100,000.

According to the Hunterdon County Democrat, the preliminary investigation into the crash, which was conducted in April 2013, found that on the morning of March 28, 2013, a “sudden” shift in the wind caused smoke to obstruct three drivers’ views of a firetruck blocking Lebanon-Stanton Road with its emergency lights flashing.

Scheuerer was fatally struck by the firetruck by the third driver, Komoroski.

At the time of the crash, Scheuerer was “operating a hose reel on the driver’s side of the firetruck and was in the southbound lane” when a “sudden shift in the wind brought heavy smoke into the roadway and caused a significant reduction in visibility,” according to Kearns.

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Three cars were traveling southbound in the same lane when the wind and smoke changed, and they were coming up on the firetruck, which they did not notice “until the last second,” according to the former county prosecutor at the time.

According to the Hunterdon County Democrat, Kearns stated that the incident was unfortunate and extended his condolences to Scheuerer’s family, the Readington Volunteer Fire Company, and his coworkers in the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.