    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON JULY 1, 1996  DECEASED WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE SR 821, THE HOMESTEAD EXTENSION, WHEN HIS VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND WAS STOPPED ON THE INSIDE LEFT GRASSY SHOULDER FACING NORTHBOUND.  A SECOND VEHICLE  TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON S.R. 821 IN THE CENTER LANE ALSO LOST CONTROL AND TRAVELED IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION TOWARDS DECEASED'S VEHICLE.  THE DECEASED WAS STANDING NEAR THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE LEFT FRONT OF THE SECOND VEHICLE.  BOTH VEHICLES SPUN COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AND CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS SHOULDER.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND AIRLIFTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
    UPON ARRIVAL,  HE WAS ON THUMPER, IN ASYSTOLIC RHYTHM,  PUPILS FIXED AND DILATED AND WITHOUT A PULSE.   AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REASSESS THE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS.  CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:28 P.M.. 