the jeep driver, steve hollerman, was rushed to a nearby hospital. steve's passenger, his 41-year-old wife, deborah, was dead. >> everybody knew her. i mean, she was that well-loved. there was disbelief and shock. >> if you got to know deb, you liked deb. she was the life of the party. she was somebody that people gathered around because she was fun to be with. >> steve hollerman survived the crash with only minor injuries and toxicology tests revealed no drugs or alcohol in his system. he told investigators that he and deborah were on their way home from shopping when he inadvertently drove off the highway and struck a parked car. >> i said, do you remember what you hit? he said, i hit a car. do you know where the car was? he said yes. it was on the shoulder. i said did you see the car on the shoulder? he said, yes, i saw the taillights. and i asked him if he tried to maneuver the vehicle or tried to brake or avoid the collision and he didn't have the time to do that. >> the right front end of steve's jeep hit the back, left side of the parked car. s