    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON DECEMBER 2, 1996, ABT. 2:45A.M., THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1985 TOYOTA CELICA THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON NORTH RIVER DRIVE.  HE WAS IN THE 3500 BLOCK WHEN HIS VEHICLE VEERED FROM THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE ON THE PROPERTY AT THE ABOVE INCIDENT LOCATION.  HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT AND HIS HEAD HIT THE CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD.  HIS ESTIMATED SPEED WAS ABT. 15MPH.