     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: DECEMBER 21, 1996 AT 1:17 A.M. THE DECEASED WAS THE  ***DRIVER***  OF A 1984 MAZDA PICK-UP TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTHWEST 177TH AVENUE (KROME AVENUE) WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A 1984 VOLKSWAGON. THE VOLKSWAGON WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER NORTHBOUND VEHICLE ON SOUTHWEST 177TH AVENUE, AND DROVE INTO THE PATH OF THE DEC'D VEHICLE AND THEY COLLIDED LEFT FRONT TO LEFT FRONT. HE EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.