     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED WAS A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO WAS VACATIONING IN SOUTH FLORIDA WITH HIS WIFE. ON NOVEMBER 8,1996 AT 5:25 PM., HE REPORTEDLY  WAS A  =>  PEDESTRIAN  <= WHO WAS CROSSING COLLINS AVENUE AT N.E. 189TH STREET, FROM EAST TO WEST.  HE STOPPED IN A SAFETY ZONE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE INSIDE NORTHBOUND LANE OF COLLINS AVENUE WHICH CONNECTS TO WESTBOUND SR-856 (192ND ST. CAUSEWAY)   THE DECEASED THEN ENTERED THE RIGHT OF WAY OF A 1993  4 DOOR HONDA THAT STRUCK HIM.   EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.