Hawaiian Paradise Park fatality 05-09-07

HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT
SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER D. GALI
PHONE: 961-2332
MAY 9, 2007
REPORT NO. C07014999

MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island man died Wednesday after his car went off a cliff and into the ocean in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision.

Police responded to a 12:31 p.m. call and found that a maroon 2004 Hummer had gone off the cliff at Beach Road, just south of Paradise Drive.

The Hawaii Fire Department extricated the body of a man from the car. His name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of his family.

Police have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

It is unknown if drugs, alcohol or speed were involved in the crash.

The case has been classified as a coroner’s inquest.

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