     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: AUGUST 4, 1996  AT APPROX 8:30 A.M. THE DECEASED WAS CROSSING NORTHWEST 7TH AVENUE FROM WEST TO EAST. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, A VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON NORTHWEST 7TH AVENUE STOPPED IN THE LEFT LANE TO ALLOW THE DECEASED TO CROSS IN FRONT OF HIM.  A CHEVY, ALSO TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE, OBSERVED THE VEHICLE STOPPED.  HE THEN CHANGES LANES AND RESUMES NORTHBOUND TRAVEL. AS HE PASSED THE STOPPED VEHICLE, HE COLLIDED WITH THE DEC'D WHO EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.

     THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE WERE BOTH TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BY MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE, BOTH REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION.