     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 23, 1996 THE DECEASED LEFT THE TREASURE ISLAND NIGHT CLUB, WHERE HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND JUMPED THE EAST CONCRETE BARRIER WALL OF NB PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY (S/R 826).  HE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE NB EXIT LANE TO I-75 AND NB S/R 826 LANES FROM EAST TO WEST.  AN 87 CHEVY TRAVELING NB IN THE INSIDE LANE OF 826 APPROACHING THE I-75 EXIT, STRUCK THE DECEASED AND BEGAN ROTATING CLOCKWISE.  THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN THE CENTER NB 826 LANE FACING SOUTH AND THE DECEASED WAS STRADDLING THE INSIDE EDGELINE OF NB 826, FACE DOWN AND HE WAS DEAD. 

     *THE DECEASED WAS LEGALLY IDENTIFIED BY A FRIEND OF TWO YEARS AFTER VIEWING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DECEASED.*