WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, HI – The Hawaii Police Department said that a man has died from injuries suffered in a crash in Waikoloa Village on New Year’s Day.
According to a news release, the victim has been identified as 74-year-old Ray Donnell Worrells of Waikoloa. The accident happened at the intersection of Eleele Street and Haena Street, where police responded at 5:11 p.m. A preliminary investigation indicated Worrells was driving a 2019 Mercedes-Benz 300 SUV south on Eleele Street when the car crossed over the double-solid yellow lines, struck a rock wall, and overturned.
Worrells was pronounced dead the following morning at North Hawai‘i Community Hospital.
The police department’s Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit is continuing to investigate the accident.
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