     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 3, 1996 DECEASED WAS A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN A 1989 HONDA THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON N.W. 57TH AVENUE.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO S.R. 924 AND WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE AS IT ENTERED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE BY A 1985 CADILLAC WHICH WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON N.W. 57TH AVENUE.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND AIRLIFTED THE DECEASED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL,  BLOOD PRESSURE: 82/59, PULSE:62, GLASCOW LEVEL OF 3. HE WAS NOTED TO HAVE ABRASIONS TO FACE AND HEAD, NO OBVIOUS DEFORMITIES.  X-RAYS SHOWED C1-2 SUBLUXATION.  HE WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY WHERE HE UNDERWENT A C-2 ODONTOID TYPE II FRACTURE QUADRIPLEGIA, C1-C2 TRANSARTICULAR SCREWS, C1-C2 FUSION WITH RIGHT ILIAC CREST AUTOGRAFT.   HE ALSO UNDERWENT A TRACHEOSTOMY.  HIS CONDITION BEGAN TO SLOWLY DETERIORATE - HE REMAINED RESPIRATOR DEPENDENT.  FAMILY MEMBERS AGREED TO NOT RESUSCITATE.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 AT 2:50 P.M..
      FAMILY REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY.