   ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 3, 1996 DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1994 CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON U.S. 1.   A SECOND VEHICLE (VAN) WAS ALSO TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN FRONT OF THE DECEASED VEHICLE.  THE DECEASED ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE VAN IN A NO PASSING ZONE AND WAS APPROACHING A BRIDGE.  HE SIDESWIPED THE VAN WHILE TRAVELING IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE.  THE VAN PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND DECEASED VEHICLE CONTINUED TRAVELING NORTHBOUND UNTIL IT STRUCK THE LEFT FRONT OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND.  HIS VEHICLE WAS FORCED BACK INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND THAN STRUCK THE CONCRETE BRIDGE ABUTMENT.  THE TRACTOR-TRAILER CROSSED THE DIVIDER  INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND STRUCK THE VAN.  BOTH VEHICLES BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES, HOWEVER, THE DRIVERS SURVIVED.
THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.   HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. 