     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 3,1996 AT 8:30 AM.,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A  =>  DRIVER  <=  IN A 1986 CHEVROLET Z-28, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF S.W. 27TH AVENUE, WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH LEFT THE ROAD AND COLLIDED INTO A PALM TREE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.  THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.  TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED  TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND MERCY HOSPITAL RESPECTIVELY, BOTH CRITICALLY INJURIED.