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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Honokaa woman dies following head-on crash


Advertiser Staff

A 22-year-old Honokaça woman died of injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle crash this morning on Hawaiçi Belt Road, 300 feet west of the 52-mile marker in the Hämäkua District.
Police identified the victim as Keshia A. Fernandez.

Police said Fernandez was driving west in a 1998 Honda four-door sedan and when the car crossed the center line and hit an oncoming 2002 Ford multi-purpose vehicle about 7:30 a.m.
Fernandez was taken to North Hawaiçi Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:22 a.m.
The driver of the Ford, a 34-year-old woman from Waimea, three boys ages 14, 4 and 2, and a 13-year-old girl were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Police ask anyone who may have seen the crash to call Officer Joshua Lewis at 326-4646, extension 229.
It was the 21st traffic fatality on Big Island this year, compared with 24 at this time last year.