. >>> highway patrolman tony snyder was heading home after finishing his night shift when he got a call about a traffic accident on route 95 outside of princeton, minnesota. >> it was maybe ten miles from my house, so i said i would do it. >> when snyder arrived, he saw that there had been a two-vehicle accident. apparently, a jeep collided with an abandoned car that had broken down and was parked on the side of the highway. >> when i was met by the deputy, he informed me that one person is deceased, the female passenger in the red jeep, and the other vehicle that was struck was unoccupied. i could see the ambulance personnel working on a male who was covered in blood and he was screaming. >> 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