     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: JULY 21, 1996 THE DEC'D WAS THE   ***DRIVER***   OF A 1985 FORD STATION WAGON THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON S.R. 826 (PALMETTO) IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
     THERE WERE SCUFF MARKS STARTING AT THE OUTSIDE LANE AND TRAVELING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ONTO THE WEST SHOULDER OF S.R. 826. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK AN ALUMINUM POLE THAT HOLDS THE OVERHEAD SIGNS ONTO S.R. 826. THERE WAS AN INTRUSION INTO THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO TRAVEL IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND CAME TO IT'S FINAL REST, POSITIONED AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL. THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON THE SCENE. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEATBELT.

     A REAR PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE RYDER TRAUMA CENTER BY METRO-DADE AIR RESCUE AND ANOTHER PASSENGER WHO WAS RESTRAINED BY A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
     MEDICATIONS LATER BROUGHT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE BY POLICE INCLUDE: ONE TYLENOL "500" CAPSULE, PIECES OF KLONOPIN TABLETS AND FOUR TYLENOL CAPSULES.