Police identify pedestrian hit, killed on Highway 190
Hawai'i County police have identified a pedestrian who died Friday after being hit by a car at a North Kona intersection.
Police say Adatchie Eaton, 56, of Kealakekua, was walking north on the mauka shoulder of Highway 190 when he was hit from behind by a northbound Honda sedan that had drifted onto the shoulder.
Eaton was pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital.
Police have opened a negligent homicide investigation against the driver of the Honda, a 58-year-old Kealakekua man.