A search warrant obtained Tuesday illustrates that Santa Fe police were initially confused about who was driving the wrong-way vehicle in a Dec. 14 crash on Interstate 25 that left one woman dead and two hospitalized.

Blood was drawn from the woman later determined to be the surviving passenger in a 2007 Nissan Altima that was traveling more than 100 mph the wrong way on I-25, causing the crash. But Santa Fe police think the results could still be used in a criminal case.

"She may not have been the driver, but it's apparent both made the conscious decision together to get in a car and drive after they were drinking," Santa Fe Police Chief Aric Wheeler said. "We talk about how drunk-driving fatality statistics are improving around the state because of different measures we're now taking — well, maybe this is next. Maybe it's time we start focusing on passengers in the car, too, and holding them accountable for being part of the crime."

Police have not released the blood-alcohol content of the passenger, 38-year-old Jennifer Michelle Belvin of Oceanside, Calif., who remains hospitalized at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. Toxicology and autopsy reports are also not yet available for the driver of the car, who died at the scene, 26-year-old Kylene Holmes of El Paso.

The 19-year-old driver of the ambulance hit by the Nissan that Holmes was driving, certified emergency medical technician Vanessa Carrillo, meanwhile, remains hospitalized with severe leg, arm and facial injuries at University Hospital in Albuquerque.

"She's still in a lot of pain," Desiree Carrillo, Vanessa's 21-year-old sister, said Tuesday.

She added that Vanessa Carrillo, who doctors hope can still return to her La Cienega home by Christmas, has had constant visits since the crash from family members and the emergency medical services community around central and Northern New Mexico.

A fund to help the family with expenses remains open at First Community Bank in Santa Fe.

The search warrant for Belvin's blood sample, which was drafted by Officer Daniel Parsons on Dec. 14, the day of the accident, reaffirms previous reports that police first received a call at 1:35 a.m. about two drunken women driving a car that was similar to the one in the accident.

That call, according to the police report, was made by a man named Shanti, whom The New Mexican has confirmed is Shanti Ananda, a doorman at Cowgirl BBQ, where one of the women reportedly signed a credit- or debit-card receipt for two drinks — one for each woman — earlier in the evening.

In the doorman's call to police, Parsons wrote, Ananda "described a silver Nissan car with a license plate of UKL558 leaving the area of Aztec and Sandoval."

The car Holmes was driving had a Texas license plate of BK5L558.

When Parsons arrived on scene, the court document states, "one occupant of the Nissan was dead on arrival. The other occupant was immediately transported to the hospital. Both occupants were female, which also matched the description given by Shanti."

He also wrote that the blood draw from Belvin was necessary because "at this time, it is unknown if Ms. Belvin was driving the Nissan or if she was the passenger."

While Wheeler has left speed estimates of Holmes' Altima to a general "in excess of 100 miles per hour," Parson's search-warrant affidavit states the vehicle was "being operated at approximately 120 mph in a 75 mph speed zone."

Parsons' report also reiterates previous reports of multiple calls coming from I-25 northbound drivers of a wrong-way driver heading south on the interstate before to the crash, which a sheriff's deputy called in at 2:24 a.m.

Police are still trying to determine why Holmes was traveling the wrong way on the interstate, but have said they believe she was heading toward Albuquerque to see family. The suspicion is she and Belvin went the wrong way as far along northbound I-25 as the Pecos/Glorieta exit, which is about 20 miles form the crash scene and the location where motorists first reported seeing a wrong-way driver. Police say she might have realized she was going the wrong way and made a U-turn.

Charges have not been filed against Belvin, and Wheeler said Tuesday night that he does not believe she has given a formal statement to investigators.

Contact Geoff Grammer at 986-3076 or ggrammer@sfnewmexican.com. Read his blog at SantaFeCrime.com.