     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 10, 1996 AT 5:15 PM., THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A  => DRIVER <= IN A 1989 NISSAN THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON FRONTAGE ROAD ADJACENT TO OKEECHOBEE ROAD (SR-25) (US-27).  WITNESS REPORTED CARELESS DRIVING BY THE DECEASED. AT THE INTERSECTION WITH OKEECHOBEE ROAD (SR-25) (US-27), THE DECEASED ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT STOPPING AND WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A NORTHBOUND 1995 MITTSUBISHI THAT WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT FIFTY-FIVE MPH., THE POSTED SPEED.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND AFTER ABOUT TWENTY (20) MINUTES OF EXTRICATION THE DECEASED WAS AIRLIFTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 6:12 PM., LETHARGIC, POORLY RESPONSIVE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE OF 70, AND DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS. HE HAD AN OBVIOUS LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE AND AN OPEN LEFT TIBIA FRACTURE. CHEST X-RAYS SHOWED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, BLADDER AND DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE.  WAS INMEDIATELY INTUBATED AND TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY AND REPAIR OF BLADDER AND DIAPHRAGM.  ON NOVEMBER 13, HE AGAIN WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY, EXPLORATION OF ABDOMEN, REMOVAL OF PACKS AND MESH CLOSURE.  FOR THE REST OF HIS HOSPITAL COURSE, HIS OVERAL CONDITION DETERIORATED BECOMING COMPLICATED WITH MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURE, AND ON NOVEMBER 24,1996, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:50 A.M.
