Traffic Incident in Hawaii County
🚨 TRAFFIC INCIDENT – Big Island Police Investigating Fatal Traffic Collision in Kona 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: July 13, 2026 The Hawaiʻi Police Department is investigating a fatal three-vehicle traffic collision that occurred on Sunday evening, July 12, 2026, in Kailua-Kona. At 9:28 p.m., police responded to a head-on traffic collision on Aliʻi Drive near the north end of Kahaluʻu Beach Park. The preliminary investigation determined that a gray 2012 Toyota Tacoma, operated by 21-year-old woman from Hilo, was traveling northbound on Aliʻi Drive at a high rate of speed for the area. While passing another northbound vehicle in a no-passing zone, the Toyota Tacoma entered the southbound lane and collided head-on with a silver 2010 Nissan Frontier pickup truck operated by a 20-year-old Holualoa man. Following the initial collision, the Nissan Frontier continued onto the makai shoulder of the roadway, where it struck a parked tan Ford Econoline van. The driver of the Toyota Tacoma sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 10:17 p.m. She has been positively identified as Hinanui T. Starr-Boyle. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-investigating-fatal-traffic-collision-in-kona/ 📞 Have info? Crime Stoppers: (808) 961-8300 🚔 HCPD Non-Emergency: (808) 935-3311 🆘 Emergency: 911 ℹ️ Source: Hawaiʻi Police Department press release https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-investigating-fatal-traffic-collision-in-kona/ 🔍 Search Reports: searchssh.com 📧 Submit Reports: reportssh.com