Excessive speed was a factor in a motorcycle crash that killed a 20-year-old Kaneohe man on Sand Island Access Road on Tuesday night, police said.
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified the driver as Malik Baxter and said he died of multiple blunt trauma injuries. The manner of his death was ruled an accident.
Police said Baxter was ejected from the 2015 Suzuki GSXR motorcycle he was driving just after 6:30 p.m. He was traveling south on the road when he lost control while going into a curve in the roadway near Mokauea Fishing Village.
He struck a fence and a light pole and was taken in critical condition to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he died.
It was Oahu’s sixth traffic death this year, compared with 11 at the same time a year ago.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Gambling raids result in arrest of 3 on Big Isle
Hawaii County police said Wednesday they seized 124 gaming machines and $150,000 Tuesday in raids at nine locations around the island.
County police were assisted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Honolulu police and investigators from the Hawaii County prosecutor’s office when they executed search warrants Tuesday at seven businesses and two homes connected with alleged illegal gambling operations. The locations were in Hilo, Kona, Waimea and Honokaa.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of gambling, police said. They include a 30-year-old Kailua- Kona man, a 22-year-old Kailua-Kona woman and a 36-year-old Honokaa man.
They were released pending further investigation.
Maui man dies by accidentally shooting himself
A 66-year-old man died Wednesday after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning a gun in Pukalani, Maui, police said.
Police identified the man as Robert Shaw of Pukalani.
Police said a family member found Shaw seated in a chair with what appeared to be a gunshot wound at about 4:30 p.m.
First responders were sent to the home and found Shaw unresponsive with a weapon nearby. A preliminary investigation revealed that Shaw was cleaning a weapon when he accidentally shot himself, police said. He died at the scene.
Shaw was home alone when the incident happened. The case was under investigation, and the cause of death was pending an autopsy.
