UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (5/3/10)
A 66-year-old Pa’auilo man died Sunday (May 2) from injuries he sustained in a farm tractor crash in Pa’auilo Mauka in the HÄmÄkua District.
The victim was identified as Hamlet Barry of a Pa’auilo address.
Responding to a 7:42 p.m. call, HÄmÄkua patrol officers determined that the victim was operating a farm tractor on his property when it apparently flipped over, pinning him underneath.
The victim’s wife found him after he failed to return to the house.
Fire Department personnel extricated the victim and transported him to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
It is unknown at this time if speed, alcohol or drugs were involved in this crash.
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.
Because this crash occurred on private property, it is not counted toward the island’s traffic fatality count.
MEDIA RELEASE (5/2/10)
Fire/rescue crews responded to a 7:41 p.m. alarm to Paauilo Mauka Road for an overturned tractor Sunday (May 2). Crews found a 66 year-old man trapped and dead under the tractor on open land.
The tractor was lifted off the man using airbags and the scene was turned over to police. The cause of the fatality is under investigation by the police.
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