Updated at 5:21 p.m., Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Man killed in Haleiwa motorcycle crash identifed
Advertiser Staff
A motorcyclist killed last night in a crash was identified today by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office as Nathaniel Graves, 30, of Hale'iwa.Since March 12, 10 people have been killed in nine motorcycle crashes on O'ahu, including five between Sept. 4 and last night. Police vehicular homicide investigators said Graves was operating a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle on Kamehameha Highway which failed to negotiate a bend in the road about 144 feet north of Emerson Road.
The motorcycle veered off the roadway and onto a gravel shoulder before striking a utility pole, police said.
Police were notified at 11:54 p.m.
Graves, who was thrown from the motorcycle, died at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet.
An autopsy today listed cause and manner as cranial cerebral injuries due to an accidental motorcycle collision.
Speed appears to be a factor, police said.
The death is O'ahu's 50th traffic fatality of 2007 as compared to 79 on the same date last year.
