LAWA‘I — Kaua‘i police responded to a report of a single vehicle traffic crash early Monday morning on Piko Road in the vicinity of the Konishi Road intersection in Lawa‘i. The crash resulted in the fatality of a 20-year-old Lawa‘i man.
According to a preliminary report, the man was operating a 2004 silver Toyota pickup truck and was heading westbound around 1:55 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road, crossed the centerline onto the eastbound shoulder and crashed.
Speed appears to be a contributing factor in the crash and toxicology results are pending to determine if alcohol and/or drugs were also involved.
Piko Road was closed for approximately four hours.
The name of the driver has not yet been released.
This is Kaua‘i’s fourth traffic fatality of 2020.
Source: The Garden Island