Posted at 10:39 a.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Big Island man killed in motorcycle wreck
Advertiser Staff
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Police said Michael D. Bovard was riding a 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle north on Kuakini at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday when he struck a vehicle in front of him that was making a right turn onto Walua Road. He was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he died at 8:50 a.m. the following morning. The driver of the other vehicle, a 42-year-old Pennsylvania man, was not injured.
There have been 23 traffic fatalities on the Big Island so far this year, compared with 28 a year ago.