Updated at 4:52 p.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007
Motorcyclist killed in Nanakuli was Waianae man
Advertiser Staff
A motorcyclist who died early Friday morning at The Queen's Medical Center after being injured in a traffic collision Thursday night in Nanakuli was identified today by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office as Stephen Ahn, 23, of Wai'anae.Autopsy findings listed cause and manner of death as multiple internal injuries due to an accidental motor vehicle collision.
Deaths involving motorcycle operators and/or passengers have accounted for six of O'ahu's seven traffic fatalities since Sept. 4.
Police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. Alan Vegas said the motorcyclist was heading west-bound when he collided into a 1992 Toyota Corolla turning left from Farrington Highway to Lualualei Naval Road at 8:50 p.m.
The motorcyclist died at Queen's at 12:30 a.m. Friday, said Vegas. The 41-year-old woman driver of the car was not injured.
The death was O'ahu's 51st traffic fatality of the year.
