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A 28-year-old man died in a two-vehicle crash in Ocean View over the weekend.
He has been identified as Devin Miles of Ocean View, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
Police said a 2007 Toyota pickup truck operated by a 62-year-old Holualoa man attempted to make a left turn into a private road from the southbound shoulder of Highway 11 when he was broadsided by a blue 2009 Honda motorcycle operated by Miles at about 11:20 a.m. Sunday, according to a Police Department news release.
Miles was traveling southbound on the highway at the time of the collision. Police said he was taken in critical condition to Kona Community Hospital where he later died.
This is the year’s 22nd traffic-related fatality on Hawaii island, compared with 26 at the same time last year.
Any witnesses are asked to call police officer Kimo Keliipaakaua at 326-4646, ext. 229, or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park expanding
The National Park Service has acquired a nearly 2,000-acre Hawaii island property containing a chasm known as “The Great Crack.”
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports that the oceanfront property adjacent to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was purchased for $1.95 million in a recent foreclosure sale.
Ben Hayes, the park’s director of interpretation, said the park has been interested in the property northeast of Pahala for more than five decades. He said environmental assessments will be conducted to determine how the park will manage the site and whether it will be publicly accessible.
The site contains a 6-mile ravine in a lava field that is 60 feet wide and 60 feet deep in places. The site has become a popular hiking spot despite being on private property.
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