     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON JULY 24, 1996 DECEASED ALONG WITH FRIENDS WERE WALKING EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANE ON N.W. 171ST STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH AVENUE.  A 1988 FORD 1 1/2 TON TRUCK WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON N.W. 171ST STREET LEAVING N.W. 19TH AVENUE AND STRUCK THE DECEASED AND HER FRIEND.  DECEASED WAS KNOCKED TO THE PAVEMENT AND ROLLED OVER BY THE TRUCK.  SHE WAS DRAGGED ABT. 75 FEET.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
      UPON  ARRIVAL WITH A GLASCOW LEVEL OF 3 WITH AGONAL BREATHING AND NO SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT.  SHE WAS NOTED TO HAVE MULTIPLE LACERATIONS, ABRASIONS AND FACTURES TO THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTERMITIES.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN AN UNSTABLE CONDITION.  A CT SCAN SHOWED DECOMPRESSION OF LEFT CHEST.  HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS.  SHE DEVELOPED BRADYCARDIC WITH HYPOTENSION.  CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:33 P.M..