    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1996, ABT. 3:28A.M., THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1989 PONTIAC 4 DOOR THAT WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON CORAL WAY.  HE WAS IN THE 9100 BLOCK WHEN HIS VEHICLE TRAVELLED ONTO THE NORTH SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HIM RESPONSIVE, BUT VERY COMBATIVE.  EMERGENCY TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HIS VITALS WERE AS FOLLOWS:  B/P 80/P, PULSE 102, AND HEART RATE 80.  HE WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY WHERE AN EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY WAS PERFORMED WITH SPLENECTOMY.  POST OP. DIAGNOSIS:  SPLENIC LACERATION, AND LIVER LACERATION.  FINDINGS:  MASSIVE LIVER LACERATION, SPLENIC LACERATION AND UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING.  ADVANCE MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 5:58A.M., HE EXPIRED.



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