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Update: Highway 19 near mile marker 33 reopen

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Update at 8:13 p.m. Aug. 13: Hawai‘i Island police reported at 6:45 p.m. that both lanes of Highway 19 near ‘Ō‘ōkala Road at mile marker 33 were reopened after previously being blocked because of a semi-tractor and trailer on its side in the road.

Original post from 3:23 p.m. Aug. 13: A portion of Highway 19 along the Hāmākua Coast is closed due to a semi-tractor and trailer on its side Tuesday afternoon.

The semi is blocking the road near ‘Ō‘ōkala Road at mile marker 33. Traffic is being contra flowed on the shoulder. No large commercial vehicles are allowed through at this time.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

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