Published on December 12, 1994, Page 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Man, woman die in crash on East Loop 820

Source: Chris Vaughn Star-Telegram Writer

FORT WORTH - A Fort Worth man and woman were returning home from a Christmas party Saturday night on East Loop 820 when they were struck head-on by a car driven by man whom police later arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter. James Heath Newcomb, 39, and his companion of five years, Carol Ann Hood, 39, both died of injuries after their southbound Honda Civic was struck head-on about 10:30 p.m. by a northbound Mazda 626, police said. Test results show that James Earl Rice Jr. was not legally drunk Saturday night, as police originally believed, when he was arrested after the head-on collision, but police are holding him on suspicion of criminal negligent homicide.