Bonneville and Fremont High schools are coming together to support an anti-drunk driving campaign at this Friday’s football game between the two schools.

Both student bodies are billing the game as a red-out, asking people to wear red to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving. There will be a halftime recognition of MADD, during which time the public address announcer will read a script that shares the story of Aric Hutchinson, a Bonneville High alumnus.

In April, an alleged drunk driver crashed into a golf cart carrying Hutchinson and his wife, Samantha Miller, who had married earlier that day and who had just left their own wedding reception in Folly Beach, South Carolina, just outside of Charleston.

Miller died at the scene and Hutchinson was severely injured. Ben and Brogan Garrett, of Morgan, relatives who were riding in the golf cart with Hutchinson and Miller, were also injured.

Hutchinson is not expected to attend Friday’s game due to his injuries from the crash. According to an online fund page created by his mother, Annette, Aric suffered two broken legs, broken bones in his face, broken vertebrae in his back and brain bleeds.

Members of Aric’s family are expected to attend, be on the field at halftime and sign a banner that has an anti-drunk driving pledge.

Fremont head coach Clay Bayard reached out to Bonneville High about doing something at halftime of the game to show support to Hutchinson.

Bayard is a longtime friend of Hutchinson’s. They played football together at Snow College and have known each other for almost two decades. Bayard drove to South Carolina shortly after the crash to stay with Hutchinson in the hospital.

“I felt like it was a good opportunity to see if Bonneville and our community wanted to get together and do something to honor him and his bride,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to show love for somebody who’s going through something difficult.”

Both sets of student bodies and student body officers have been heavily involved in planning. There will be banners with anti-drunk driving pledges at the stadium entrances that people can sign.

“It’s been pretty cool to see them buy into it and help try to promote what it stands for,” BHS athletic director Rick Corbridge said.

The halftime recognition is meant to share Hutchinson’s story in an effort to support an anti-drunk driving cause. Corbridge said the goal on Friday is for people to learn from Hutchinson’s story.

In June, the Charleston Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter held a memorial walk along the span of the Ravenel Bridge in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Miller’s honor to raise awareness of the dangers of drunk driving, The Post and Courier reports.

Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was identified by Folly Beach Police as the driver in the crash. The Associated Press reports that, according to a blood toxicology report, Komoroski had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .261, more than three times South Carolina’s legal limit of .08, after she was arrested.

AP reports a South Carolina judge denied bond for Komoroski, who’s charged with one count of reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in death or great bodily injury.

Connect with reporter Patrick Carr via email at pcarr@standard.net, Twitter @patrickcarr_ and Instagram @standardexaminersports.

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