03-28-16 Puna fatality

Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I
Sergeant Christopher Gali
Phone:  961-2332
Report No. C16008673

 

 

Media Release

An unidentified woman was killed Monday (March 28) after being struck by a vehicle on Route 130, .1 mile south of Kaloli Drive in Keaʻau.

A 22-year-old Hilo man came to the Hilo Police Station on Monday morning at about 1:00 a.m. and reported that he may have been involved in a traffic collision in the area of Route 130 and Kaloli Drive.

Officers making checks in the area discovered a deceased female on the mauka shoulder of the road.

Officers determined that the female victim appeared to be walking in the Pāhoa direction on the mauka shoulder of the road when she was struck by a 2003 Ford Ranger pick-up truck traveling in a southerly direction.

It is unknown at this time if speed, alcohol or drugs are involved.

The victim was transported to the Hilo Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 6:09 a.m.

Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a negligent homicide, accident involving death or serious bodily injury and no operator’s license cases.

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

The victim is described as being a local female with brown hair, between the ages of 25 and 30 years old and wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information regarding this case or the identity of the victim is asked to call Officer Keith Nacis at 961-8119 or the police non-emergency number at 935-3311.

This is the 6th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared to five at the same time last year.


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