Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit – Area II
Sergeant Thomas Koyanagi
Phone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229
Report No.: 23-049684
Media Release (Update)
Police have identified the elderly Kailua-Kona man who died following a single bicycle crash on Sunday, May 21, 2023, on Hinalani Street in North Kona, as 82-year-old Stuart S. Dunn.
Responding to a 5:18 p.m. call, police determined that a silver Dean Titanium Road bicycle was heading west, (makai), on Hinalani Street on the right shoulder and crashed. Dunn was transported to the Kona Community Hospital where he was later pronounced dead at 6:42 p.m.
Police do not believe that impairment is a factor in the crash.
An autopsy was conducted to determine the exact cause of death and investigators are awaiting final results.
The Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit has initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation and are asking for anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact Officer Dayson Taniguchi at (808) 326-4646, ext. 229, or email dayson.taniguchi@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300.
Since the crash involved a bicycle, this does not count towards Hawai‘i County’s fatality count.
