#Coroner’s Inquest
71-year-old Kona man dies from injuries after rear-ending bus while cycling
Hawai‘i Island police determined Franz Albert-Ludwig Weber was riding a black Trek bicycle heading south on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway when he rear-ended a green 2015 Motor Coach Industries tour bus stopped on the shoulder.
Honoka‘a motorcyclist killed in Waikōloa crash
45-year-old David Franklin Roland was driving a gray 2006 Honda VTX1300C east in the westbound bicycle lane near the 2-mile marker of Waikōloa Road (Highway 19) Friday night when he sideswiped a gray 2023 Jeep Wrangler SUV that was heading west.
54-year-old Hilo man dead after possiblly drowning in Puna area known as ‘Mermaid Pond’
Royden Daikawa was about 100 yards from shore early the afternoon of March 1, struggling to swim, after being swept off rocks by a rogue wave that struck the coastline near Government Beach Road in Pāhoa
Update: Police ID body recovered from 30 feet underwater in pool at Boiling Pots
The dead man was identified as 42-year-old Stanley Walker II of Pensacola, Fla. An autospsy was performed Tuesday, with a forensic pathologist determining his cause of death to be drowning. Results of a toxicology report are still pending.
Police investigating possible drowning at Kehena Beach on Big Island
The victim has been positively identified as Timothy Zedalis of Denver, Colorado.
Update: Victim of possible drowning in Kona identified
Police have initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation to determine the exact cause of death. No foul play is suspected at this time.
Authorities investigate reported assault that left Big Island man dead
The incident occurred on April 14 when police responded to an unknown disturbance in Ocean View.
Police investigating possible drowning of New York woman
The victim had been snorkeling when she started experiencing difficulties and was brought to shore by a bystander.
Hawai‘i Island police investigate possible drowning after Utah man dies following guided snorkel tour
Kona patrol officers and Hawai‘i Fire Department personnel responded to the Keauhou Pier awaiting the snorkel tour company’s return after the crew started CPR on an 83-year-old man from Centerville, Utah.
Two men killed in fiery 2023 crash identified through DNA, dental records
The men died following a single-vehicle collision on Feb. 5, 2023, at the intersection of Waikoloa Road and the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in South Kohala.
Big Island police investigating after man apparently shoots, kills self with rifle at Kona storage facility
The man’s identity is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin. Hawai‘i Police Department detectives have launched a coroner’s inquest investigation into the incident.
