     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 17, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT WORK AND RIDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF A TRAVEL LIFT CRANE WHEN THE CRANE STRUCK A POLE PINNING AND CRUSHING THE DECEASED BETWEEN THE POLE AND CRANE.  HE DIED ON THE SCENE.
      HE HAD BEEN TREATED AT PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN THE PAST FOR HYPERTENSION AND ASTHMA EXACERBATION.

     *THE DECEASED WAS LEGALLY IDENTIFIED BY A FRIEND OF SEVERAL YEARS ON JULY 18, 1996 AT 4:45 PM AFTER VIEWING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DECEASED.*