Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II
Sergeant Marvin K. Troutman Sr.
Phone: 326-4646 Ext 229
Report No. C14024108
Media Release
A 50-year-old Salt Lake City, Utah, man died following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon (September 10) in Kohala Ranch.
His name is being withheld pending positive identification.
Responding to a 4:05 p.m. call, police determined that a 1998 Toyota Land Rover sports-utility vehicle was traveling east on Kohala Ranch Road at the intersection with Olomana Road when he lost control, ran off the right shoulder and collided with a tree.
Fire Rescue took him to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:55 pm.
The driver was not wearing a seat belt. It is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs were involved.
Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Police ask anyone who witnessed the crash to call Sergeant Marvin Troutman at 324-4646, extension 229. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
Because this crash occurred in private gated subdivision, the death is not counted toward the official traffic fatality count.