    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DECEASED'S SISTER-IN-LAW, VIA TELEPHONE, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A CUBAN CITIZEN WHO HAD BEEN VISITING RELATIVES IN MIAMI SINCE JULY 14, 1996.  ON DECEMBER 15,1996 A 2:29 PM., HE WAS A  =>  PASSENGER  <=  IN THE RIGGHT FRONT SEAT OF A 1986 CELEBRITY CHEVROLET THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY HIS BROTHER.  THEY WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON EAST 1ST AVENUE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE (A HONDA), THAT WAS ALSO NORTHBOUND  ON  EAST 1ST AVENUE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT.  THE DRIVER OF THE CHEVROLET ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND THE HONDA, BOTH VEHICLES SIDESWIPED, AND THE VEHICLE WHERE THE DECEASED WAS A PASSENGER COLLIDED WITH A WOODEN UTILITY POLE, BREAKING IN ON THE IMPACT.  THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.  THE DRIVER, DECEASED'S BROTHER, IS REPORTEDLY IN STABLE CONDITION IN HIALEAH HOSPITAL.  