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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, September 3, 2009

Police identify pedestrian hit, killed on Highway 190

Advertiser Staff

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.