Hilo, HI : Waimea man killed in ATV crash on Sunday, October 19, 2014

A 48-year-old Waimea man died early this week after crashing an all-terrain vehicle. He was identified as Willard Rapoza Jr. Sometime between 10 a.m. and noon Sunday, Rapoza left home on an ATV and failed to return home. At 1:25 p.m. Monday, relatives found him unresponsive and trapped beneath the ATV on a trail on private property located off Fire Road 15 in Waimea. He was officially pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Because this crash was on private property, it’s not counted as a traffic fatality for official statistical purposes. Source : Hawaii County police release name of Waimea man killed in weekend all-terrain vehicle crash