     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 22, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A SCOOTER TRAVELING WEST ON SOUTH ROOSEVELT BLVD.  A CHEVY TRUCK WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON BERTHA STREET APPROACHING THE CURVE ONTO SOUTH ROOSEVELT WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE SCOOTER LOST CONTROL, CROSSING THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK THE TRUCK.  THE DECEASED WAS EJECTED FROM THE SCOOTER AND WAS RUNOVER BY THE TRUCK'S TIRE.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOWER FLORIDA KEYS HEALTH SYSTEM.  
     UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS INTUBATED WITH B/P OF 146/92, PULSE 112 AND ASSISTED RESPIRATION.  HE WAS ASSESSED WITH NECK AND FACIAL FRACTURES AND MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA WITH A 3MM SUBDURAL AND MASSIVE WHITE MATTER INJURY.  HE WAS DEEMED NOT IN OPERABLE CONDITION BY A NEUROSURGEON AND RECOMMENDED TO BE TRANSFERED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.
     HE ARRIVED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER ON JULY 22, 1996 ABOUT 5:00 PM.  HE WAS COMATOSE, UNRESPONSIVE TO PAIN, B/P 88/60, PULSE 120, RESPIRATORY 22, PUPILS FIXED AND DILATED AND WAS ON VENTILATOR.  HIS PROGNOSIS WAS POOR.  HE REMAINED COMATOSE, SMALL NONREACTIVE PUPILS, DECEREBRATES TO PAIN AND POSITIVE GAG 
REFLEX.  A CHEST X-RAY OF JULY 27, 1996 REVEALED ABNORMAL INFILTRATIVE DENSITY IN THE MID PORTION OF THE RIGHT LUNG INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF PNEUMONIA.  HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND ON JULY 31, 1996 AT 2:30 PM HE WAS DECLARED BRAIN DEAD, ALL LIFE SUPPORT WAS DISCONNECTED AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.