HANAMA‘ULU — A 27-year-old man died early Sunday after crashing the motorcycle he was driving in Hanama‘ulu, county officials said. The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was dead at the scene, a county
HANAMA‘ULU — A 27-year-old man died early Sunday after crashing the motorcycle he was driving in Hanama‘ulu, county officials said.
The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was dead at the scene, a county news release states.
The crash happened at 1:13 a.m. on Laukona Street in the vicinity of Ohia Street, the release states.
KPD’s Traffic Safety Unit continues to investigate the accident, and believes speed may have been a factor, the release states.
This is Kaua‘i’s first traffic fatality of 2011. At least 10 people died on Kaua‘i roads in 2010.