HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR100118HitandrunresultsinpedestrianfatalityBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
KAUA`I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: October 1, 2018
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
MICHAEL CONTRADES, ACTING CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Hit-and-run results in pedestrian fatality
KALAHEO — Police are searching for the driver involved in a traffic crash that occurred
late Sunday night in KalAheo, which resulted in a pedestrian fatality.
The pedestrian has not yet been identified.
At approximately 11:10 p.m., a police officer was driving home on Halewili Road, in
KalAheo, when he discovered a man's body on the roadway.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the man, possibly in his mid -twenties, was
walking in the eastbound lane of Halewili Road when he was apparently struck by a vehicle
heading west. The involved vehicle was not at the scene when police arrived.
The man's body was transported to Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
An autopsy is pending.
Halewili Road was closed in both directions, from approximately 11:20 p.m. Sunday to
3:45 a.m. Monday, to allow KPD's Traffic Safety Section to conduct an on -scene investigation.
The crash remains under police investigation, and anyone with information about this
incident is urged to call KPD's Traffic Safety Section, at 241-1618. Those wishing to remain
anonymous can call CrimeStoppers at 246-8300.