PAHALA, HI – Hawai‘i Island police said a car wreck in Pahala last week killed the driver, a 13-year-old boy.
The accident, reported by KITV, took place Thursday evening, Sept. 4, along Cone Haul Road. An investigation found that the boy was driving a 2006 Honda Civic eastbound sometime before 5:55 p.m. and veered off the roadway. The Civic traveled down an embankment and then crashed into a large tree.
The driver, a Pahala resident, was pronounced dead after being transported to Ka‘ū Community Hospital. His passenger, a 15-year-old boy, was not injured. Neither teen was wearing a seat belt when the fatal collision occurred, police said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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