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Updated at 7:06 p.m., Thursday, August 7, 2008

Manner of H-1 traffic victim's death 'undetermined'

Advertiser Staff

Manner of death for 18-year-old Natasha Taualai killed in a traffic incident July 21 on the H-1 Freeway in Waipahu has been classified as "undetermined" by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office.

Taualai died of injuries suffered after exiting from the passenger side of a moving vehicle. Her death is counted as a traffic fatality but a determination could not be made as to whether she jumped, fell or was pushed from the vehicle.