Kihei man, 46, dead after motorcycle collision in Wailuku
WAILUKU >> A 46-year-old Kihei man died after crashing his 2012 Kawasaki motorcycle on Kuikahi Drive in Wailuku on Friday.
The Maui Police Department said Jeremy Caballero was traveling east at a high rate of speed at about 5:30 p.m. when he lost control of his motorcycle and took a spill, sliding into a 2021 Tesla sedan that was waiting to make a turn onto a westbound lane near Laa Street.
Caballero was transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said he was not wearing a helmet when he crashed. The driver of the Tesla, a 58-year-old Wailuku man, was not injured.
There have been 13 traffic fatalities in Maui County so far this year, according to MPD, compared to eight at this time last year.
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