     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 31, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1986 TOYOTA THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON OKEECHOBEE ROAD.  HE APPROACHED THE TURNPIKE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE ENTRANCE RAMP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT SIDE BY A 1980 FORD DUMP TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON OKEECHOBEE ROAD.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
      UPON ARRIVAL,  IN TRAUMATIC ARREST, CYANOTIC AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  HE WAS NOTED TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA IN THE HEAD AND NECK AREA. HE HAD MULTIPLE LACERATIONS, ABRASIONS AND DEFORMITIES.  A BILATERAL NEEDLE THORACOTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED ASYSTOLIC UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION AT 11:55A.M..            