07-21-15 Hilo fatality (update)
Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I
Sergeant Christopher D. Gali
Phone: 961-2332
Report No. C15021070
Media Release (update)
An autopsy conducted Tuesday (July 21) determined that a man who died Saturday (July 18) after being involved in a one-vehicle traffic collision on Kanoelehua Avenue in Hilo died from a medical condition.
He has been identified as 61-year-old Thomas Pokorski of Covina, California.
Because he died of a medical condition and not as a result of the crash, the death does not count toward the official traffic fatality count.
Address/Location
Hawaii Police Department
349 Kapiolani St
Hilo, HI 96720
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 808-935-3311
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