Hawai‘i Island police arrested 70-year-old Carlton Inada for first-degree negligent homicide following a Hilo traffic collision that killed an elderly woman.

On October 3,  officers responded to a reported traffic collision involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist. Investigators determined that a 2016 Toyota Tacoma was traveling south bound on Akolea Road when it struck an orange Recumbent Trike, that was also traveling in the south bound lane. Inada left the scene and proceeded to his residence where he notified police that he had struck a cyclist on Akolea Road.
 
The operator of the Recumbent Trike has been identified as 79-year-old Barbara Klein of Hilo. She was unresponsive at the scene and transported to Hilo Medical Center via ambulance where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
 
Inada was located at his residence and arrested for first-degree negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. He remains in custody at the Hilo Police Station while HPD continues their investigation.
 
The East Hawaii Traffic Enforcement Unit is asking anyone who may have witnessed the traffic collision or who has information about it to contact Officer Jerome Duarte at (808) 961-2339, or via email at Jerome.Duarte@hawaiicounty.gov.