4-01-22 Man Killed in North Kona Crash Identified

Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit
Sergeant Thomas Koyanagi
Phone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229
Report No.: 22-028011

Media Release

The driver who died following a single-vehicle collision on Thursday, March 31, 2022, on Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190), in North Kona has been positively identified as 27-year-old Andrew Charles Clark Honoka‘a.

Responding to a 9:00 p.m. call, police determined that a gray 1999 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was heading north when it failed to negotiate a curve in the road and crossed over the double solid yellow lines. The Toyota Tacoma then struck a rock embankment, overturned in the lava field, and caught on fire.  Clark was transported to the Kona Community Hospital where he was later pronounced dead at 1:16 a.m.

Police believe that speed is a factor in the crash. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.

The Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit has initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation and is asking for anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact Officer Adam Roberg at (808) 326-4646 ext. 229 or email at adam.roberg@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300. 

This is the 12th traffic fatality this year compared to sevenat this time last year.


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