Hanapepe, HI : Kauai man killed in motorcycle collision with ambulance on Wednesday, 1st January, 2020

A Kauai man died in an early morning crash when his motorcycle collided with an ambulance that was responding to a call, authorities said.

Shawn Parraga, 39, was thrown from his motorcycle around 3 a.m. Wednesday when he tried to overtake the ambulance and hit the left side of the emergency vehicle in Hanapepe on Kauai, authorities said.

Medics performed CPR and took Parraga to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities could not say whether he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

The medics in the ambulance were not injured.

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