    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM COLUMBIA AVENTURA MEDICAL CENTER RECORDS, ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1996, ABT. 4:30A.M., THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.  HE ADVISED HOSPITAL STAFF THAT HE WAS A RESTRAINED DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT ENTERED INTO AN INTERSECTION AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. 
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN, LEFT SHOULDER PAIN, CHEST PAIN AND DIFFFICULTY BREATHING.  B/P 160/110, PULSE 100 AND RESP. 32.  TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, CHEST X-RAY REVEALED FRACTURED LEFT CLAVICLE, AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.  WHILE BEING TREATED, HE PULLED OFF HIS NECK COLLAR AND SAT UP DISPITE HOSPITAL STAFF WARNING HIM AGAINST DOING SO.  HE BECAME HYPERTENSIVE AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 6:37A.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. 