     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON SEPTEMBER 27,1996 AT 11:35 PM., THE DECEASED WAS A =>  DRIVER  <=  IN A 1990 MITSUBISHI TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE (SR-821).  AFTER PASSING THE NORTHBOUND EXIT TO BIRD ROAD, THE VEHICLE WENT ONTO THE RIGHT PAVED SHOULDER, TURNED COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND SLID SIDEWAYS.  THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL AS THE IT SLID ONTO THE GRASS SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLIDE IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION OVER THE EMBANKMENT, SPUN AROUND ONCE AND STRUCK A LARGE PINE TREE WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AREA.  AFTER IMPACTING THE TREE, THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, KNOCKED DOWN A FENCE POST, ANS WENT INTO THE BIRD DRIVE CANAL, SUBMERGING COMPLETELY.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL REMOVED THE DECEASED FROM THE VEHICLE, INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED HIM VIA AIR RESCUE TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
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     WAS ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM (PATIENT # 705-18-16) AT 12:39 AM., SEPTEMBER 28,1996.  WAS EXTREMELY CYANOTIC AND COLD TO THE TOUCH WITH NO VITAL SIGNS. HAD BLOOD COMING FROM BOTH EARS AND NOSE. BLOODY SECRETIONS SUCTIONED FROM E.T. TUBE.  NO OTHER OBVIOUS TRAUMA NOTED. WAS INITIALLY WITH IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM WHICH CHANGED TO ASYSTOLE.  PERICARDIOCENTESIS WAS DONE WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD RETURN.  RESUSCITATION PROTOCOL CONTINUED UNTIL 12:50 A.M., WHEN HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. 