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UPDATED: Moped rider died from heart attack in Kona accident


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UPDATE FROM POLICE MEDIA RELEASE 3/13/09

An autopsy has determined that 34-year-old Jason Snell of Kailua-Kona died from a heart attack and not from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/moped crash on February 3.

Snell was operating a 2008 jet moped and traveling south on Alii Drive around 3 p.m. on that date, when he struck the rear of a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder multi-purpose vehicle stopped on the roadway in front of Magic Sands Beach.

The driver of the Nissan, a 16-year-old Kailua-Kona girl, and her passengers, an 8-month-old infant and a 17-year-old girl, were not injured.

Fire rescue personnel took Snell to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m.

Because this death was not caused by the crash, the year-to-date total for traffic fatalities has been reduced from five to four.

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UPDATE FROM POLICE MEDIA RELEASE 2/9/09

Police traffic investigators have identified a Kailua-Kona man who died Tuesday (February 3) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/moped crash on Alii Drive fronting Magic Sands Beach.

The victim was identified as 34-year-old Jason Snell of Kailua-Kona. (His age was previously reported as 20).

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UPDATE FROM POLICE MEDIA RELEASE

A 20-year-old Kailua-Kona man died Tuesday (February 3) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/moped crash on Alii Drive fronting Magic Sands Beach.

Responding to a 3:04 p.m. call, Kona patrol officers determined that the victim was operating a 2008 Adly jet moped and traveling south on Alii Drive when he struck the rear of a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder multi-purpose vehicle stopped on the roadway.

The driver of the Nissan, a 16-year-old Kailua-Kona girl, and her passengers, an 8-month old infant and a 17-year-old girl, were not injured.

Fire rescue personnel took the victim to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m.

The victim was not wearing a helmet. It is unknown at this time if speed or alcohol were factors in this case.

The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.

Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a negligent homicide investigation and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

This is the third traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with four at this time last year.

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MEDIA RELEASE 2/4/09

Fire/Rescue crews were dispatched at 3 p.m. to Alii Drive near Laaloa Beach Park (aka Magic Sands) for a moped rider who suffered severe head injuries after colliding with a vehicle. Both the moped and vehicle were southbound on Alii Drive during the collision.

The male moped rider was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and was unconscious with severe head injuries when rescue crews arrived. The rider was taken to Kona Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No injuries to the occupants of the vehicle were reported.

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