     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 17, 1996 DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1985 TOYOTA CAMRY WHICH WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON BISCAYNE BLVD.   AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF S.E. 1ST STREET, THE DRIVER FOR UNKNOWN REASONS LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A PALM TREE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HER IN AGONAL RHYTHM.  SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND BECAME PULSELESS.  SHE WAS PLACED ON A BACKBOARD AND TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL: CPR IN PROGRESS AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS. SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE ECCHYMOSIS IN THE MID STERNAL AREA AND LACERATIONS TO RIGHT EYE AND BOTH SHINS.  A BILATERAL THORACOTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:00 A.M..
     ***THE VEHICLE THE DECEASED WAS DRIVING WAS REGISTERED TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO ADVISED THAT THEY HAD NOT LOANED THEIR VEHICLE OUT TO ANYONE.   THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT-END.   SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. 
     DECEASED WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH HER PASSPORT.          