     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 7, 1996 ABOUT 3:15 AM THE DECEASED WAS DRIVING A FORD VAN EAST ON EAST 21ST STREET.  AS HE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AT EAST 8TH AVENUE WHICH HAD A FLASHING RED LIGHT HE COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE THAT WAS NORTHBOUND ON EAST 8TH AVENUE.  THE VAN ROTATED, EJECTED THE DECEASED AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.  THE DECEASED DIED AT THE SCENE.

     *THE DECEASED WAS LEGALLY IDENTIFIED BY A COUSIN AFTER VIEWING A PHOTOGRAPH ON JULY 8, 1996.*