Updated at 8:36 p.m., Saturday, February 3, 2007
Big Island man dies in single-car wreck
Advertiser Staff
A 29-year-old Pahoa, Hawai'i, man died early this morning after losing control of his vehicle on Railroad Avenue last night and hitting a fence.The victim was identified as Tobias Mansfield.
The accident happened at about 9:48 p.m. last night.
Mansfield was not wearing a seat belt, police said. Speed may have been a factor in the crash.
Mansfield was driving a 1996 two-door Acura when he ran off the road. He was pronounced dead at the Hilo Medical Center at 12:05 a.m., police said.
