     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: AUGUST 16, 1996 AT APPROX 4:00 A.M. THE DEC'D WAS THE   ***DRIVER***  OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE WAS WESTBOUND ON SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET (S.R. 90) APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES WEST OF KROME AVENUE (S.R. 997) WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE VEHICLE EXITED THE ROADWAY ONTO THE NORTH PAVED SHOULDER. HE SIDESWIPED THE GUARDRAIL WITH THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT SIDE, THEN OVER-CORRECTED, STEERING BACK TO THE LEFT AND CROSSED THE TRAVEL LANES OF S.W. 8TH STREET AND ONTO THE SOUTH PAVED SHOULDER.
     THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROTATE IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE MOTION. THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT COLLIDED WITH THE GUARDRAIL ON THE SOUTH PAVED SHOULDER, THEN BECAME HUNG UP ON THE GUARDRAIL WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE REAR PORTION CAME TO IT'S FINAL REST ON THE NORTH PAVED SHOULDER OF S.W. 8TH STREET, OVERTURNED AND HEADED NORTH. THE DEC'D WAS PRONOUNCED ON THE SCENE.
     THERE WERE TWO BOTTLES OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOUND IN THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT AND ONE OTHER BOTTLE, WITH HALF OF THE CONTENTS GONE.