     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: NOVEMBER 10, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS A REAR SEAT  ***PASSENGER***  IN A VEHICLE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON S.R. 112 JUST EAST OF 27TH AVENUE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE EASTBOUND, THE SUBJECT'S VEHCILE TRAVELING IN THE CENTER LANE AND THE DEC'D VEHICLE IN THE OUTSIDE LANE. THE SUBJECT'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT STRUCK THE DEC'D VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO SPIN 180 DEGRRES AND OUT OF CONTROL. DEC'D VEHICLE STRUCK A GUARD RAIL THEN SPUN AGAIN BEFORE STRIKING THE GUARDRAIL A SECOND TIME. THE DEC'D EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.
     THE DRIVER OF THE DEC'D VEHICLE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND FLED THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE CONTINUED EASTBOUND TO THE S.R. 112 TOLL PLAZA AND ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE.