     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON OCT. 12, 1996 ABOUT 4:53 PM THE DECEASED WAS STANDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NW 17TH AVENUE AND 62ND STREET ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WAITING FOR A BUS WITH HER THREE CHILDREN.  A 92 HONDA TRAVELING WEST ON 62ND STREET IN THE LEFT TURNING LANE SUDDENLY MADE A U-TURN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 17TH AVENUE AND STRUCK A 91 ACURA.  THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, STRUCK THE DECEASED PINNING HER AGAINST THE CONTROL BOX.  ONE OF THE DECEDENT'S LEGS WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  
      SHE ARRIVED IN THE TRAUMA UNIT ALERT AND ORIENTED WITH SPONTANEOUS RESPIRATION.  SHE WAS ASSESSED WITH MASSIVE RIGHT LEG TRAUMA, PARTIALLY AMPUTATED.  CHEST AND PELVIC X-RAYS WERE NORMAL, BUT A FEMUR X-RAY REVEALED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF RIGHT LEG.  SHE WAS TRANSFUSED WITH SEVERAL UNITS OF BLOOD AND TAKEN TO THE O/R FOR EMERGENT RIGHT ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION.  DURING THE PROCEDURE SHE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS SHE DIED AT 8:15 PM.
      PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF A.I.D.S. AND STATUS POST SPLENECTOMY.  