	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, 
1996, THE DECEASED WAS A PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE STREET FROM EAST TO WEST AT NORTH EAST 2ND AVENUE AT 95TH STREET.  SHE WAS STRUCK BY A 1992 MAZDA THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON NE 2ND AVENUE. 
	EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS RESPONDED, TRANSPORTED HER TO NORTH 
SHORE MEDICAL CENTER. UPON ARRIVAL SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE , INTUBATED WITH A BLOOD PRESSURE OF 139/72, PULSE 70, RESPIRATION ON THE RESPIRATOR OF 24.  SHE WAS RESPONSIVE ONLY TO PAINFUL STIMULI, PUPILS FIXED, NO SPONTANEOUS RESPIRATIONS. SHE REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL SHE EXPIRED ON JULY 20, 1996, AT 12:45AM.    