ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: JUNE 16, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS A FRONT SEAT  ***PASSENGER***   BEING DRIVEN BY HER HOUSEKEEPER IN A 1991 LINCOLN FOUR DOOR. THEY WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON 20TH AVENUE AND A 1991 TOYOTA WAS TRAVELING WEST ON 199TH STREET. AT THE INTERSECTION, THE DRIVER OF THE LINCOLN FAILED YO  YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE LINCOLN WAS STRUCK ON IT'S LEFT SIDE.
     DECEASED WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED WITH MULTIPLE TRAUMA, LEFT 20% PNEUMOTHORAX, FLUID IN THE BELLY; R/O INTRA ABDOMINAL BLEED, MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, PELVIC FRACTURE, LIVER LACERATION, PACEMAKER, HIP PROSTHESIS AND HYPOTENSION. SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR INTERNAL INJURIES, HOWEVER SHE DEVELOPED ENCEPHALOPATHY AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND REQUIRED A TRACHEOSTOMY. HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND SHE WAS MADE A "D.N.R." BY FAMILY MEMBERS. AUGUST 14, 1996 SHE WAS PRONOUNCED.