Updated at 4:50 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Hummer goes over Big Island cliff; driver dead
Advertiser Staff
Big Island police today were investigating a fatal crash involving a 2004 Hummer going off a cliff and into the ocean at the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision.Police responded to a 12:31 p.m. call and found the maroon Hummer had gone over a cliff at Beach Road, just south of Paradise Drive.
The Big Island fire department extricated the body of a man from the vehicle. His name was withheld pending positive identification and notification of his family.
Police have ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
It was unknown if drugs, alcohol or speed were involved in the crash.
The case has been classified as a coroner's inquest.
