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Mililani man killed in freeway collision identified | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Updated at 5:18 p.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008

Mililani man killed in freeway collision identified

Advertiser Staff

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

The wreckage of a 2003 Toyota Matrix which was struck by a car changing lanes yesterday on the H-1 Freeway.

DEBORAH BOOKER | The Honolulu Advertiser

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STATEWIDE FATALITY BREAKDOWN

As of yesterday, 54 people have died in traffic accidents this year in Hawai‘i as compared to 67 by this date in 2007.

The updated 2008 island-by-island breakdown as compiled by The Advertiser:

  • O‘AHU (24) — Vehicle (11 deaths/10 crashes; pending one medical), pedestrian (7), motorcycle (4), moped (1), bicycle (1).

  • BIG ISLAND (12) — Vehicle (9), motorcycle (2), pedestrian (1).

  • MAUI (11) — Vehicle (5, includes one for Moloka‘i), motorcycle (4), pedestrian (2).

  • KAUA‘I (7) — Vehicle (6 deaths/5 crashes), pedestrian (1).

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    The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office today identified the Mililani man killed yesterday in a freeway collision near Waiawa as Charles Hiromasa, 54.

    Autopsy findings listed cause of death as multiple blunt injuries due to a motor vehicle collision and manner as accidental.

    Hiromasa was pronounced dead at the scene of a 10:26 a.m. collision on the H-1 Freeway eastbound, 400 feet east of the Farrington Highway overpass.

    Police vehicular homicide investigators said Hiromasa's 2003 Toyota Matrix was struck by a 2002 Saturn sedan executing a lane change, causing it to collide with a freeway light pole and flip over against a concrete barrier.

    Hiromasa was O'ahu's seventh traffic fatality of the month and its 11th in a 42-day period dating back to May 15.

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