Kaloko Information Update for February 11th, 2021

A 84-year-old Kailua-Kona Man has died from injuries sustained in a three-vehicle collision in the Kaloko Industrial Area on February 3rd, 2021.

Published by: HIRSC - Hawaii Island (Holualoa) Team

Dear Benjamin Agdeppa,

Hawai‘i Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit - Area II Sergeant Thomas Koyanagi Phone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No.: 21-009376

An update is being provided on Cornell Bruce Linerud, the 84-year-old Kailua-Kona man who died following a three vehicle collision on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at the intersection of Kamanu Street and Oluwalu Street in Kailua-Kona.

Linerud was pronounced dead on Monday, February 8, 2021, at 5:03 a.m. The results of an autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to the injuries sustained in the traffic collision.

The Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit has initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation and is asking for anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact Officer Kelsey Kobayashi at (808) 326-4646 ext. 229 or email at Kelsey.kobayashi@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300.

This is the fifth traffic fatality this year compared to three at this time last year.