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According to the Hawaii Police Department, a fatal traffic crash on New Year’s Day in Waikoloa is no longer an official traffic fatality after the coroner determined the driver, 74-year-old Ray Donnell Worrells of Waikoloa, died as a result of a medical condition rather than injuries sustained in the crash.

As a result, the official traffic fatality count for 2025 will be adjusted to five instead of the previously reported six.