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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, June 14, 2007

LA'IE
Traffic victim died May 30

Advertiser Staff

A man critically injured in a fall from a pickup truck in La'ie on May 13 died at The Queen's Medical Center on May 30.

The medical examiner's office yesterday identified the man as Joseph Scott Peterson, 23, of La'ie.

An autopsy listed cause of death as "complications of motor vehicle accident (passenger)" and another significant factor as alcohol intoxication.

Peterson's death was not reported to the public by police.

Officially, he is listed as the 34th of O'ahu's 35 traffic deaths in 2007.