Police identify woman killed in Pāhoa crash

Big Island police on Saturday identified the woman killed in a single-vehicle crash earlier this week in Pāhoa as 49-year-old April Buxton of Puna.

Investigators with the Hawai‘i Police Department’s East Hawai‘i Traffic Enforcement Unit determined Buxton was driving a 2011 Mazda sedan traveling east shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday on Kahakai Boulevard, failed to negotiate the right curve onto Welea Street at the dead end and drove off the left side of the roadway into a rock wall. The roadway was dry at the time of the collision.

Speed and inattention are the two primary factors in the crash. Further investigation will be conducted relative to any additional contributing factors.

The East Hawai‘i Traffic Enforcement Unit continues its investigation as a coroner’s inquest, which remains pending.

If you have any information about the crash, contact lead investigator Officer Jared Cabatu at 808-961-2339 or via email at Jared.Cabatu@HawaiiCounty.gov. Those who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 808-961-8300.