Updated at 8:48 p.m., Monday, December 15, 2008
N. Kohala car crash victim identified
Advertiser Staff
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STATEWIDE FATALITY BREAKDOWN
As of today, 102 people have died in traffic accidents this year in Hawai‘i as compared with 127 by this date in 2007. The updated 2008 island-by-island breakdown as compiled by The Advertiser: O‘AHU (42) — Vehicle (19 deaths/18 collisions), pedestrian (13), motorcycle (5), moped (3), bicycle (2). Last fatal: Nov. 18. This month: 0. Last month: 1. BIG ISLAND (27) — Vehicle (16), motorcycle (8), pedestrian (3). Last fatal: Dec. 13. This month: 2. Last month: 3. MAUI (22) — Vehicle (13 deaths/12 collisions, includes two on Moloka‘i), motorcycle (7), pedestrian (2). Last fatal: Dec. 10. This month: 1. Last month: 4. KAUA‘I (11) — Vehicle (10 deaths/8 collisions), pedestrian (1). Last fatal: Oct. 29. This month: 0. Last month: 0.
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Big Island police tonight identified a woman killed in a recent North Kohala car crash as Janelle Ann Morse, 24, of Hawi.
Morse was a passenger in a 2006 Lexus sedan, which crashed on Akoni Pule Highway, 247 feet south of the 6-mile marker. Traffic Enforcement Unit supervisor Sgt. Christopher D. Gali said the crash may have occurred late Friday but police were not notified until 3:57 a.m. Saturday.
The driver of the car, identified by Traffic Enforcement Unit investigators as 25-year-old Micah N. Thomas of Hawi, was arrested for first-degree negligent homicide and later released pending further investigation. Speed and alcohol are suspected factors, police said.
