. >> the jeep driver, steve hollermann, was rushed to a nearby hospital. eve's passenger, his 41-year-old wife, deborah, was dead. >> everybody knew her. i mean, she was that well loved. there was just disbelief and shock. >> if you got to know deb, you liked deb. she was the life of the party. she was somebody people gathered around because she was fun to be with. >> steve hollermann 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, yeah, i hit a car. he said do you know where the car was? he said it was on the shoulder. i said, did you see the car when you hit it? yeah, i saw the taillights. i said did you maneuver the brakes or try to avoid a collision. he said he didn't have time to do that. >> the jeep hit the back left side of the parked car. steve said he was driving approximately 60 miles per hou