Kauai police arrested Jesus Cardel of Kilauea on Monday for suspicion of negligent homicide in the first degree.
Kauai police arrested Jesus Cardel of Kilauea on Monday for suspicion of negligent homicide in the first degree.
Police said the 22-year-old was the driver of the Dodge pickup truck in a crash Saturday night that claimed the life of Travis Isobe, 28, Kilauea.
Cardel has been released pending investigation, according to a county press release.
Isobe, the son of the late musician Malani Bilyeu, died as a result of the head-on traffic crash on Kuhio Highway, in the vicinity of the Kahili Makai Street junction in Kilauea.
Police said shortly before 9 p.m., a white Dodge pickup truck was heading south when it apparently crossed the centerline and struck an oncoming black Ford Ranger truck driven by Isobe.
Cardel sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated and released at Wilcox Hospital.
