Police: Collision between school bus and pickup truck leaves one dead

A man is dead after the pickup truck he was driving crossed the centerline of Highway 19 between Honokaa and Waimea and collided head-on with a school bus, police said.

According to Capt. Reynold Kahalewai of Hamakua Patrol Division, police received the report of the collision near the 49-mile marker of the highway at 4:53 a.m.

There were no passengers on the bus, police said. The driver, a 52-year-old man, was transported to North Hawaii Community Hospital. There’s no report on his condition.

The road was closed as the wreckage was cleared and police investigated, but has since reopened.