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Posted at 11:48 a.m., Monday, October 24, 2005

Big Island woman killed in ATV accident

Advertiser Staff

HILO, Hawai'i — A 44-year-old woman from Captain Cook died Saturday from injuries she suffered when the all-terrain vehicle she was operating veered off a private driveway and struck a tree.

Jeanne Moriguchi was pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 3:20 p.m. Police said Moriguchi was driving a 1986 Honda 350 ATV at around 12:30 p.m. when she crashed near the end of Rock Bottom Road in South Kona.

Because the accident occurred on a private driveway, the fatality will not be included in the county's tally of traffic deaths.