Fatal Encounters

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Kamekona Cummings

Name: Kamekona Cummings
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 02/04/2002
Location: Hawaii Belt Road and Kuauli Road
Kurtistown, Hawaii, 96760
County: Hawaii
Agency: Hawaii Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: An off-duty Big Island police sergeant struck and killed a Puna man early on Feb. 4, 2002. In that case, police said Sgt. James Gusman was driving to his Hilo home from Ka'u when he struck Kamekona Cummings, 33, of Hawaiian Acres subdivision near the intersection of the Belt Road with Kuauli Road in mauka Puna.
Unique ID: 1464

News article: Link






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