Hawaii Island police investigating fatal motorcycle crash in Hilo

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Island police are investigating a motorcycle crash in Hilo that left a man dead early Saturday. South Hilo police...

September 3, 2023
2:28 AM

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Island police are investigating a motorcycle crash in Hilo that left a man dead early Saturday. South Hilo police say the incident happened at 12:36 a.m. on Saturday when patrol officers responded to a single-vehicle traffic collision on Kilauea Avenue. Police determined that a 1990 Yamaha motorcycle was traveling southbound on Kilauea Avenue just before the Puainako intersection when it crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a utility pole. Officials say the motorcycle driver, a 45-year-old man from Mountain View, was not wearing a helmet and was unresponsive at the collision scene.

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