Posted at 3:04 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 2006
Man, 19, killed in Big Island wreck
Advertiser Staff
A 19-year-old man died this morning after a one-car crash in Kona.The victim was identified as Eric Razo, of Kailua-Kona.
Big Island police said the accident happened about 2:16 a.m. when the man was driving his 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck east on Kaleopapa Street and hit an embankment near the Ali'i Highway intersection.
Razo was taken to the Kona Community Hospital, and pronounced dead at 4:06 a.m. Alcohol and speed are possible factors in the crash.
The fatality is the 30th on the Big Island so far this year, compared to 29 at the time time in 2005, the Hawai'i Police Department said.
