Updated at 4:43 p.m., Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Hawaii Belt Road traffic victim identified
Advertiser Staff
A man killed in a Big Island traffic accident on Saturday has been identified as Jordan Thomas Hauge, of Kailua-Kona.Hauge suffered fatal injuries when he lost control of the two-door sedan he was driving on the Hawai'i Belt Highway near Ho'okena and struck an embankment, police said.
Police said they believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
Hauge was not wearing a seat belt, His was the 26th traffic death on the Big Island this year, compared with 25 at the same time last year.
