     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 29, 1995 THE DECEASED WAS THE  ***DRIVER***  OF A VEHICLE IN WHICH HE AND HIS WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT NEAR BARRY UNIVERSITY IN THE MIAMI SHORES AREA. HIS WIFE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL AND THE DEC'D WAS AIRLIFTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A GCS OF 3 WHICH IMPROVED TO 11. HE REMAINED THERE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 1995 WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS: C-2 BODY AND PEDICLE FRACTURE, QUADRAPLEGIA, S/P REPLACEMENT OF GARDNER WELLS TONGS ON OCTOBER 29, 1995, S/P TRACHEOSTOMY ON NOVEMBER 3, 1995, S/P EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY FOR SIGMOID VOLVULUS ON NOVEMBER 7, 1995. HE WAS RELEASED TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, HOWEVER HE SUFFERED TWO EPISODES OF PNEUMONIA DURING HIS INITIAL RECOVERY COURSE.
      DECEMBER 14, 1996 HE WAS RE-ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE, C-1 THROUGH C-4 CERVICAL SPINE INJURY, URINARY TRACT INFECTION, ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA AND DECUBITI ULCER.  HE WAS TREATED SUPPORTIVELY FOR TEN DAYS AN THEN RELEASED TO VENCOR HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAS REMAINED WITH REHABILITATIVE SERVICES UNTIL JULY 14, 1996 WHEN HE EXPIRED.

     THE REMAINS WERE RELEASED TO GREGG L. MASON FUNERAL HOME, HOWEVER HE WAS LATER BROUGHT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.
     