     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: NOVEMBER 20, 1996 AT APPROX 12:30 P.M. THE DECEASED WAS A  ***PASSENGER***  IN A 1989 OLDSMOBILE FOUR DOOR THAT WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON SOUTHWEST 272ND STREET AND FAILED TO YEILD THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM A STOP SIGN. AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION OF OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY, IT WAS IMPACTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A NORTHBOUND FORD VAN. THE DRIVER (96-2970) WHO WAS ALSO THE DEC'D HUSBAND, EXPIRED ON THE SCENE. FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - RYDER TRAUMA CENTER.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE WAS ADMITTED WITH LEFT SIDED FACIAL AND HIP PAIN. INJURIES WERE NOTED TO THE MAXILLARY, ABDOMEN, PELVIS AND LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY. X-RAYS REVEALED LARGE PRONOUNCED MEDIAL STINAL SHIFT. HE CONDITION CONTINUED TO WORSEN AND SHE WAS INTUBATED TO MAINTAIN AIRWAY. SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE O.R. WHERE SHE UNDERWENT AN E-LAP - SPLENECTOMY. HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND AFTER LONG TERM TREATMENT AND RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS, SHE WAS PRONOUNCED ON DECEMBER 25, 1996 AT 7:00 A.M..