A 49-year-old Paia woman died after she was struck by a vehicle Sunday while sunbathing near the top of a hill at Hookipa Beach Park on Maui.
She has been identified as Pascale Lelan.
Police said a 20-year-old Haliimaile man operating a silver 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck climbed over a small grass hill next to the lower parking lot of the beach park at approximately 5:04 p.m. Sunday and struck Lelan.
Lelan was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center where she later died.
Police are investigating whether speed or alcohol were factors.
This is Maui county’s 15th traffic-related fatality of 2018 compared with 12 at the same time last year.
Hawaii island
Jury convicts ex-officer in death of bicyclist
A jury has convicted a former Big Island police officer in the 2015 death of a bicyclist.
Jody Buddemeyer was found guilty last week of misdemeanor negligent homicide after prosecutors said he struck and killed 63-year-old Jeffrey Surnow.
Surnow, of West Bloomfield, Mich., was riding his bike on the Big Island in March 2015 when Buddemeyer’s car hit him from behind, authorities said.
Prosecutors claimed Buddemeyer falsely reported the crash, telling police dispatch it was a hit-and-run.
Deputy Prosecutor Kauanoe Jackson said the former officer had “methodically and thoughtfully” concealed broken car parts in his vehicle and misled police by telling them he had hit a pig.
The jury found Buddemeyer not guilty of evidence tampering and false reporting to law enforcement.
Buddemeyer is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 30. He could be imprisoned up to a year.
Man stabbed multiple times in face, body
A 39-year-old man is recovering after being stabbed in the face, chest and arms in Hilo, and another man is in custody in connection with the incident, Hawaii island police said.
The victim was stabbed at a home on Leilani Street at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday and taken to Hilo Medical Center where he was treated for his wounds. He was in stable condition Monday afternoon, police said.
At about 10:35 p.m. Sunday, police arrested a 21-year-old Hilo man for investigation of attempted second-degree murder.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call detective Kayne Keli‘i at 961-2378 or police at 935-3311.
Waikoloa man dies after single-vehicle crash
A 53-year-old man was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Kailua-Kona.
He has been identified as Michael Shine of Waikoloa.
Hawaii County police said a silver 2013 Dodge Caravan operated by Shine was traveling northbound on Queen Kaahumanu Highway near the 85-mile marker when it veered into the southbound lane and struck a guardrail at approximately 7:15 a.m.
Shine was taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
