    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON DECEMBER 14, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS THE DRIVER OF A 1984 PONTIAC WHICH WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON I-95 IN THE OUTSIDE LANE.  WITNESSES STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT ONTO N.W. 8TH STREET AND STRUCK THE METAL GUARDRAIL WITH THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.  THE GUARDRAIL PENETRATED THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.  THE VEHICLE THEN ROTATED COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND CAME TO REST SOUTH OF THE COLLISION ON THE EXIT RAMP.  THE DECEASED WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.  FIRE RESCUE AND POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED ON THE SCENE.
   