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Excessive speed was a factor in a crash that killed a motorcyclist and a pedestrian Saturday in Hilo, police said.
Police identified the motorcyclist as 66-year-old Lionel Chartrand of Hilo. The woman’s name was being withheld pending positive identification and notification of family.
Police said that at about 7:25 p.m. the woman had exited a vehicle near the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Makalika Street and was walking in the northbound lane after the vehicle left when she was struck by the motorcycle. She was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she died at 10:55 p.m.
Chartrand was heading north on Railroad Avenue and not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. He was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he died at 10:52 p.m.
Police ordered autopsies and opened a negligent- homicide investigation.
Officers would like to question the occupants of the vehicle in which the woman had been riding.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Officer Erhard Autrata at 961-8113 or email him at erhard.autrata@hawaiicounty.gov. Anonymous tips can be made by calling CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.
The traffic fatalities were Hawaii island’s 18th and 19th this year, compared with 15 at this time last year.