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Head on crash pins two in vehicle on Kawaihae Road Wednesday (July 27)

By Hawaii 24/7 Staff

Rescue crews responded to a 5:44 p.m. alarm for a head on collision between an older Ford Bronco and a newer Toyota Tacoma pick-up on Kawaihae Road just above Waiemi Place Wednesday (July 27).

Kawaihae Road was closed for an hour as firefighters freed a male and female pinned in the Bronco. After being freed the male was transported to North Hawaii Community Hospital in critical condition and the female was transported in serious condition. The female driver of the Tacoma was able to get out of the pick-up herself and was driven to the hospital in a private vehicle.

After freeing the victims and clearing oil and fuel from the crash scene Kawaihae Road was opened to traffic in the Waimea bound lane as police conducted an investigation. At 9:41 p.m. it was announced both lane were open to traffic on Kawaihae Road.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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A 25-year-old Waimea man died Wednesday (July 27) from injuries he received in a two-vehicle crash on Kawaihae Road (Route 19) .4 miles west of the 63-mile marker in Kamuela.

The driver was identified as Isaiah Lindsey of a Kamuela address.

Responding to a 5:44 p.m. call, South Kohala patrol officers determined that Lindsey was operating a 1988 Ford multi-purpose vehicle and traveling east on Kawaihae Road when he crossed the centerline and collided with a 2010 Toyota pickup truck traveling west and being operated by a 27-year-old woman from Kamuela.

Both drivers and a 31-year-old woman from Kamuela, who was a passenger in the Ford, were taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital.

Lindsey was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m.

The female passenger was in serious condition and confined to North Hawaii Community Hospital.

The driver of the Toyota was treated and released with minor injuries.

Lindsey was not wearing a seat belt. It is unknown at this time if speed, alcohol or drugs were involved.

Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a negligent homicide investigation and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

Police ask that anyone with information about this crash call Officer Thomas Koyanagi at 326-4646, extension 229.

This is the 15th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with 18 at this time last year.

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