UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (2/9/10 4:31 p.m.)
Police traffic investigators have identified a 53-year-old Kealakekua man who died Monday (February 8) from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash on Route 180 .1 mile north of HualÄlai Road in Kailua-Kona.
The victim was identified as Mark D. Bilan, of a Kealakekua address.
This was the 6th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with four [corrected] at this time last year.
UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (2/9/10 8:26 a.m.)
A 53-year-old Kealakekua man died Monday (February 8) from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash on Route 180 .1 mile north of HualÄlai Road in Kailua-Kona.
Responding to a 4:37 p.m. call, Kona patrol officers determined that the victim was operating a 1988 BMW motorcycle and traveling south on Route 180, when he overtook another vehicle in a no passing zone, lost control and ran off the right side of the road, striking a tree.
The victim was not wearing a helmet.
The victim was transported to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m.
It is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs were involved but speed was a factor in this crash.
The name of the victim was being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.
Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a coroner’s inquest case and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
This is the 6th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with five at this time last year.
MEDIA RELEASE (2/8/10)
Fire/rescue crews responded for a 4:38 p.m. alarm Monday (Feb. 8) to Mamalahoa Highway (Hwy 180) approximately 50 yards north of the Hualalai Road intersection in Holualoa for a motorcycle crash.
Upon arrival crews found a 54-year-old male with multiple injuries including a significant head injury. The rider was 20 feet down an embankment in a coffee field after apparently losing control of his motorcycle while heading south on Mamalahoa Highway.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash is unknown.
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