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Victim of fatal motorcycle crash identified
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office has identified the 28-year-old Pearl City man who was killed Friday night when he lost control of his motorcycle on H-1 freeway as Michael Salinas. He died of head injuries, officials said.
Police said Salinas lost control of his motorcycle on the H-1 offramp leading to the Nimitz Highway viaduct, struck a guardrail and was thrown to the road. He was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he died. He was wearing a helmet, police said
This was Oahu’s 39th traffic death of 2012, compared with 29 at the same time last year.