POLICE BEAT
Pahoa man killed in Puna collision
Advertiser Staff
A Pahoa man was killed Saturday in an early morning traffic collision in Puna on the Big Island.
Speed and alcohol may be contributing factors in the 4:02 a.m. collision between a 2003 Mazda four-door sedan and a 2008 Mazda multipurpose vehicle on Kahakai Boulevard, seven-tenths of a mile west of Kikou Street in Hawaiian Beaches. The collision killed Pablo Arroyo-Patricio, 28, according to Traffic Enforcement Unit supervising investigator Sgt. Christopher D. Gali.
Arroyo-Patricio's car, headed east, crossed the centerline and collided with the westbound multipurpose vehicle, police said. He was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:14 a.m. The driver of the multi-purpose vehicle, a 30-year-old Pahoa man, was treated for minor injuries at Hilo Medical Center and released.
The death is the Big Island's 23rd traffic fatality of the year.
AUTOPSY PLANNED IN HOMICIDE CASE
The Honolulu medical examiner's office has scheduled an autopsy today in the death of a 47-year-old Big Island man who died Friday at The Queen's Medical Center.
Big Island police identified him Friday as Daniel Martina of Pahoa.
The case is being investigated as a homicide by Big Island police.
According to Big Island authorities, Martina was found unconscious Nov. 1 at 1:22 p.m. in a parking lot near the Pahoa Fire Station. A Honolulu police brief on the case said Martina was kicked in the chest and fell to the ground, striking his head on the pavement.
Big Island police are seeking Robert Grant, 35, of Nanawale for questioning in the case.
