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Hawaii police said a 29-year-old man died Saturday after the motorcycle he was operating crashed in Napo’opo’o.
Hawaii County police said the man – identified as Kalamaokalani Keith Kelekolio-Crivello, 29, of Kailua-Kona – was traveling south on Pu’u on a white 2005 Honda CBR600 motorcycle at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday Honua Road when he got off the lane and lost control, hitting several large rocks in the process.
Kelekolio-Crivello, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, was thrown from the motorcycle. First responders treated him on site before transporting him to Kona Community Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 11:35 pm
Police said speed as well as alcohol and / or drugs were possible factors in the accident and an autopsy was ordered to determine the exact cause of death.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is encouraged to contact HPD’s Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit. Call Officer Jason Foxworthy at (808) 323-4646 extension. 229 or email [email protected].
Anonymous tips can be submitted by phone at (808) 961-8300.
This is the 18th fatality on the Big Island this year, according to police, compared to 13 in 2020.
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