     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: NOVEMBER 27, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS RIDING A 1984 SUZUKI ATV IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ON SOUTHWEST 17TH STREET. HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE AND TRAVELLED ONTO THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK A CONCRETE UTILITY POLE WITH THE VEHICLE AND HIS HEAD. HE EXPIRED ON THE SCENE. 
     THE ATV WAS NOT FOR HIGHWAY USE AND THE DECEASED WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET.