A 48-year-old man died today following a collision between his motorcycle and a pickup truck in Kahului, Maui.

Maui police identified the motorcyclist as Charles A. Pfirrman, who was pronounced dead at Maui Memorial Medical Center at 6:54 p.m.

Vehicular homicide unit investigators said Pfirrman's 2002 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic touring class motorcycle was headed northwest on Pulehu Road when it collided into a 1998 Chevy pickup truck, which failed to yield the right-of-way to the motorcyclist in making a left turn onto the dirt shoulder of the roadway near the Central Maui Landfill.

The collision occurred 222 feet northwest of the landfill entrance at 3:40 p.m., police said.

Pfirrman was not wearing a helmet.

The death is Maui's eighth traffic fatality of the year as compared with four on the same date in 2007.