   ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS A PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT OF A 1991 HONDA THAT WAS EXITING 19501 BISCAYNE BLVD ONTO WEST COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT FRONT BY A 1985 CHEVROLET WHICH WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON WEST COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA MEDICAL CENTER.  
   UPON ARRIVAL TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM,   BLOOD PRESSURE: 98/58, PULSE: 75, RESPIRATIONS: 22.  SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND COMPLAINED OF CHEST, LEG AND ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORTS. A CT SCAN OF CHEST REVEALED BILATERAL RIB FRACTURES WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF PNEUMOTHORAX AND STIGMATA OF SPLENIC CONTUSION.  A SECOND CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED AND REVEALED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH AN ADMITTING IMPRESSION OF FRACTURES LEFT RIBS 3-8, RULE OUT PNEUMONIA, RULE OUT CONTUSION , ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME. HER PROGNOSIS WERE POOR AND SHE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS UNTIL HER EXPIRATION ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1996.                                                  