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07-20-15 Hilo fatality
Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I
Acting Sergeant Clarence Acob
Phone: 961-2332
Report No. C15021070
Media Release
A 61-year old California man died Saturday (July 18) after being involved in a one-vehicle traffic collision on Kanoelehua Avenue between Kahaopea Street and Kawailani Street in Hilo.
Responding to a 9:41 p.m. call, South Hilo patrol officers determined that the driver was traveling south on Kanoelehua Avenue and operating a 2015 Ford four-door sedan when he ran off the right side of the road and struck a cement wall.
Police believe that the driver may have suffered a medical condition prior to the crash.
Fire/rescue personnel took the driver to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:16 p.m. His name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.
Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a coroner’s inquest case and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Police are going to wait for autopsy results before counting this death toward the official traffic fatality count.
Police ask anyone with information about this crash to call Officer Keith Nacis at 961-8118.
Address/Location
Hawaii Police Department
349 Kapiolani St
Hilo, HI 96720
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 808-935-3311