     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 17, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1986 MAZDA PICK-UP TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING ON WEST OKEECHOBEE ROAD. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN SLIDING SIDEWAYS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE MAZDA WAS IMPACTED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY A SOUTHEAST BOUND CITY OF HIALEAH SOLID WASTE TRUCK. HE EXPIRED UPON IMPACT.