Police: 20-year-old man dead after fireworks incident in Kailua-Kona
KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - July 4th turned deadly on Hawaii Island as a 20-year-old Kailua-Kona man was killed in an apparent fireworks accident. He's ...
KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - July 4th turned deadly on Hawaii Island as a 20-year-old Kailua-Kona man was killed in an apparent fireworks accident. He's been identified as Glen John Nakata. According to Hawaii Island police, officers were called out just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a retail parking lot along Kamakaeha Avenue in Kailua-Kona. When officers got there, Nakata was lying on the ground with a substantial head injury. Bystanders reported to police that they saw Nakata holding a fireworks launcher above his head when the firework went off.