Big Island traffic fatalities down in 2025
The following is a list of those who died in traffic collisions in 2025 on the Big Island, from information provided by the Hawaii Police Department:
1. Jelson Kainue Leslie, 52, of Captain Cook (pedestrian), Jan. 1, 82-1000 block of Kinue Road, Captain Cook.
2. Jahnya Serquina-Octubre, 21, of Mountain View (pedestrian), Jan. 24, crash Jan. 22 on Highway 11 near 10-mile marker, Kurtistown.
3. Negozi Young, 32, of Mountain View (motorcyclist), Feb. 11, Highway 11 near Kamehameha Schools-Hawaii, Keaau.
4. Wallace Zimmerman, 36, of Pahoa (motorcyclist), Feb. 3, 15-2600 block of Keaau-Pahoa Road, Pahoa.
5. Yvonne Mira, 86, of Hilo, Feb., 3, crash Jan. 30 on Kaumana Drive, Hilo.
6. Reginald Kaleilehua Tolentino Jr., 51, of Waimea, Feb. 18, Queen Kaahumanu Highway near 79.5-mile marker, Kailua-Kona.
7. Colette Marie Kaleialoha Tolentino, 55, of Waimea, Feb. 18, Queen Kaahumanu Highway near 79.5-mile marker, Kailua-Kona.
8. Shyla Leimanauahilo‘i‘aikeahoakealoha Gouveia, 31, of Pahala, Ninole Loop Road near intersection of Highway 11, Naalehu.
9. Renoo Gilbert, 45, of Keaau, March 31, intersection of Makuu Drive and Ala Heiau Road, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
10. David Franklin Roland, 45, of Honokaa (motorcyclist), Waikoloa Road near 2-mile marker, Waikoloa.
11. Franz Albert-Ludwig Weber, 71, of Kailua-Kona (bicyclist), April 17, crash April 9 on Queen Kaahumanu Highway near 94.5-mile marker, North Kona.
12. James R. Lawrence, 69, of Hilo (pedestrian), May 1, intersection of Waianuenue Avenue and Rainbow Drive, Hilo.
13. Maxwell Robertson Sherwood, 21, of Keaau (pedestrian), May 18, Orchidland Drive near intersection of 36th Avenue, Orchidland Estates.
14. Terry Lytle, 60 of Ocean View (pedestrian), June 25, crash June 18 near intersction of Kinoole and Ponahawai streets, Hilo.
15. Hapaki Teixeira, 34, of Honokaa (motorcyclist), intersection of Puhala and Hibiscus streets, Mountain View.
16. Kainui Kaupu-Manini, 13, of Pahala (driver), Cane Haul Road, Pahala.
17. Caesare K. Brown, 43, of Hilo (pedestrian), Sept. 12, crash Aug. 2, Kuawa Street near Manono Street, Hilo.
18. Ivan Primo, 48, of Waimea (pedestrian) Highway 19 near 43.5-mile marker, Honokaa.
19. Anna Masaichy, 47, of Kailua-Kona, Oct. 23, Daniel K. Inouye Highway near 25-mile marker, South Hilo.
20. Aniana Kasthy, 3-week-old girl, Oct. 27, crash on Oct. 23 on Daniel K. Inouye Highway near 25-mile marker, South Hilo.
21. Dr. Judith Fitzgerald, 74, Kailua-Kona, Dec. 24, Daniel K. Inouye Highway near 13-mile marker, Hilo.
