     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: JULY 30, 1996 AT APPROX 9:00 A.M. THE DECEASED WAS A  ***PASSENGER***  IN A MEDICAL TRANSPORT VAN FROM CENTURION MEDICAL CENTER. 
     THE VAN WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE PALMETTO WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CHANGED FROM THE CENTER LANE TO THE OUTSIDE CAUSING THE VAN TO VEER RIGHT AND COLLIDE WITH A GUARDRAIL. THE VAN CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF S.R. 826 AND THE OTHER VEHICLE FLED THE SCENE.
     
     THE DEC'D AND OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED HOME THE SAME DAY.
     THE NEXT DAY, JULY 31, 1996 DEC'D HAD AN EMESIS AND COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES. AUGUST 5, 1996 THE DEC'D AWOKE AT APPROX 3:00 A.M. AND COMPLAINED OF THE DESIRE TO VOMIT AT WHICH TIME HE DID. HE WAS GIVEN TWO ADVILS AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP. LATER THAT SAME DATE, APPROX 10:00 A.M. HE WAS FOUND IN BED UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL.
     HE WAS ADMITTED WITH THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS: CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON AUGUST 6, 1996 AT 12:05 P.M..

                                        *****CASE REFILED FEBRUARY 14, 1997 (NLJ)*****