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Updated at 6:59 p.m., Sunday, June 29, 2008

Man, 20, killed in Big Island collision

Advertiser Staff

CURRENT STATEWIDE FATALITY BREAKDOWN

As of today, 55 people have died in traffic accidents this year in Hawai‘i as compared to 69 by this date in 2007.

The updated 2008 island-by-island breakdown as compiled by The Advertiser:

  • O‘AHU (24) — Vehicle (11 deaths/10 crashes; pending one medical), pedestrian (7), motorcycle (4), moped (1), bicycle (1).

  • BIG ISLAND (13) — Vehicle (10), motorcycle (2), pedestrian (1).

  • MAUI (11) — Vehicle (5, includes one for Moloka‘i), motorcycle (4), pedestrian (2).

  • KAUA‘I (7) — Vehicle (6 deaths/5 crashes), pedestrian (1).

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    A Pahoa man died last night from apparent injuries suffered earlier in a two-vehicle collision at a Hawaiian Beaches intersection in the Big Island's Puna district.

    Jonathan W. Tripp-Andrade, 20, died at Hilo Medical Center at 10:45 p.m., according to Big Island police traffic investigator Sgt. Christoper Gali.

    Police said Tripp-Andrade's 1989 Honda sedan collided with a 2008 Chrysler sport-utility vehicle making a left turn from Kahakai Boulevard onto Opelu Street at 6:31 p.m.

    The driver of the Chrysler, a 54-year-old California woman, and her three passengers — a woman, 72, and two boys, ages 15 and 13 — were not injured.

    Speed appears to be a contributing factor for the accident, police said.

    The death is the Big Island's 13th traffic fatality of 2008.