     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND HOSPITAL RECORDS: ON OCT. 14, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON PEMBROKE ROAD AND 8TH AVENUE IN HALLENDALE, FLORIDA.  HE WAS WORKING AS A DELIVERY PERSON FOR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  
     HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER.  UPON ARRIVAL IN THE E/R HE STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT.  HE REMEMBERED LOADING HIS VEHICLE AT WORK TO MAKE DELIVERIES AND WAKING UP IN THE AMBULANCE.
     HE WAS ASSESSED WITH RIGHT EAR LACERATION, ONE RIGHT RIB FRACTURE AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.  CT BRAIN SCAN WAS NEGATIVE.  AN ATTEMPT TO CAUTERIZE HIS EAR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT IT WAS SUTURED.  HIS OTHER INJURIES WERE TREATED AND HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE E/R.  HE ALSO ADVISED A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION, INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.  
     ON OCT. 15, 1996 HE RETURNED TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL ABOUT 8:45 AM WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS AFTER BEING FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF HIS RESIDENCE.  HE DID NOT REMEMBER HOW HE GOT ON THE FLOOR AND WAS STILL UNCLEAR ABOUT THE ACCIDENT ON OCT. 14, 1996.  HE WAS ADMITTED WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF SYNCOPE AND STATUS POST MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH HEAD TRAUMA.  AN EKG REVEALED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.  HE EXPERIENCED EPISODES OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND HEMOPTYSIS.  CHEST X-RAYS REVEALED EXTENSIVE SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA AND HE WAS INTUBATED.    A CT BRAIN SCAN UPON ADMISSION WAS NEGATIVE, BUT HE LATER DEVELOPED LEFT TEMPORAL LOBE HEMORRHAGE, SUBDURAL AND EPIDURAL HEMORRHAGE AND UNDERWENT A LEFT CRANIOTOMY.  AFTER SURGERY HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND HIS CONDITION WAS DEEMED POOR.  ON OCT. 18, 1996 HIS POOR PROGNOSIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS FAMILY MADE HIM A DO NOT RESUSCITATE PATIENT.   AT 7:30 PM HE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM LIFE SUPPORT AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.

     *HALLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED NO REPORT WAS WRITTEN ON THE INCIDENT.*