Two die in New Year's DWI crash

A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER CRASHES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK KILLING THE COUPLE INSIDE. THE SUSPECT...  More »

A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER CRASHES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK KILLING THE COUPLE INSIDE. THE SUSPECT WALKED AWAY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. IT HAPPENED AT 4TH AND MENAUL. THAT'S WHERE JEFF MAHER JOINS US LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. JEFF? s POLICE SAY 23- YEAR-OLD MICAH HENRY, AN AIRMAN BASED AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE - WAS DRIVING DRUNK WHEN HE PLOWED INTO A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HERE AT 4TH AND MENAUL. IT HAPPENED AROUND ONE-FORTY THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY HENRY PROBABLY JUST LEFT A BAR DOWNTOWN WHEN HE WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND ON 4TH STREET IN AN S- U-V. HE THEN MADE AN ABRUPT U-TURN, HIT THE GAS, AND HEADED THE OTHER DIRECTION ON 4TH. A WITNESS WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPORTING HIM TO THE DRUNK BUSTERS HOTLINE - BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. POLICE SAY HENRY RAN A RED LIGHT AND SLAMMED INTO THE COUPLE AT 4TH AND MENAUL AT SUCH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED - THE VEHICLES WERE WELDED TOGETHER. THE COUPLE, IN THEIR 30'S AND 40'S - BELIEVED TO BE FROM SANTA FE - WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE. HENRY, WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURIES. POLICE SAY HE TESTED AT LEAST TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ALCOHOL. absolutely disheartening to see this happen when you had three agencies out doing their utmost best with three DWI checkpoints and these were in all different areas of albuquerque ON MICAH HENRY'S MYSPACE PAGE - HE SAYS HE'S A POLICE OFFICER AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE. OFFICIALS THERE SAY HE'S BEEN ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS. HENRY IS NOW IN JAIL THIS AFTERNOON - CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH BAR HE LEFT FROM DOWNTOWN. LIVE IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. JEFF MAHER. EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.  « Less