Security guard at Pohoiki Beach Park in critical condition after being struck by truck

A 61-year-old security guard is in critical condition after being struck by a truck on April 4 at Pohoiki Beach Park in Pāhoa on the Big island.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Puna patrol officers and Hawai‘i Fire Department personnel responded to the entrance area of the Pohoiki (Isaac Hale) Beach Park for a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle.

Responding officers determined the male victim was a security guard at Pohoiki. The man was transported via ambulance to the Hilo Medical Center and later flown to the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.

Area I Criminal Investigation Section personnel were assigned to investigate this matter as the circumstances were unclear. Detectives spoke with a witness who reported that after the incident occurred, a red pick-up truck with either pipe packs or a metal dog cage was seen leaving the area without its headlights illuminated.

It is believed the truck hit another parked vehicle and the victim. This case is currently classified as a negligent injury.

Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this case, to contact the Police Department’s Area I Traffic Enforcement Unit at 808-961-2391 or the police department’s non-emergency number at 808-935-3311.