Under a new program initiated by law enforcement, four UC Davis students were arrested last week on suspicion of serving alcohol to a 19-year-old who then drove while intoxicated and caused a car crash that left one woman dead and another injured.

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control officers arrested Conor Michael Tekautz, 19, Sergei Ivan Andres, 19, Brian William Soest, 20, and Timothy Brandon Gereg, 21, on suspicion of providing UC Davis student Eric Holmes with alcohol Feb. 7, even though he was underage and intoxicated, according to the Davis Police Department.

Each student faces misdemeanor charges with a maximum penalty of a year in jail, a $1,000 fine and the loss of their driver's license.

Holmes left Soest's 20th birthday party with a blood alcohol level of .15 percent, nearly twice the legal limit, authorities said, then drove the wrong direction down Interstate 5 and crashed into a car driven by Amanda LeGrand, 34, of Marysville, Wash. LeGrand died soon after.

Holmes plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and was sentenced this month to six years in prison.

In February 2004, the state initiated a TRACE Investigation into the case. Target Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (TRACE) is designed to determine the source of alcohol consumption for individuals under the age of 21 who become involved in traffic collisions resulting in serious injuries or deaths.