Updated at 6:34 p.m., Monday, July 14, 2008
Kaneohe pedestrian victim identified
Advertiser Staff
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STATEWIDE FATALITY BREAKDOWN
As of today, 60 people have died in traffic accidents this year in Hawai‘i as compared to 74 by this date in 2007. The updated 2008 island-by-island breakdown as compiled by The Advertiser: O‘AHU (26) — Vehicle (11 deaths/10 crashes; pending one medical), pedestrian (9), motorcycle (4), moped (1), bicycle (1). Last fatal: July 10. This month: 2. Last month: 7. BIG ISLAND (14) — Vehicle (10), motorcycle (3), pedestrian (1). Last fatal: July 6. This month: 1. Last month: 2. MAUI (12) — Vehicle (6, includes one for Moloka‘i), motorcycle (4), pedestrian (2). Last fatal: July 4. This month: 1. Last month: 2. KAUA‘I (8) — Vehicle (7 deaths/6 crashes), pedestrian (1). Last fatal: July 9. This month: 1. Last month: 0.
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The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office today identified the pedestrian who died Thursday at The Queen's Medical Center after being struck by a van in Kane'ohe as Albert Beers, 55.
An autopsy listed cause of death as blunt force injuries of the head due to a motor vehicle collision and manner as accidental.
Beers, who had no permanent local address, was struck by a 1997 Dodge van while in a crosswalk on Kamehameha Highway, 25 feet south of Pahia Road, at 9:50 p.m. The van's driver, a 46-year-old man, was not injured.