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A Waimea man was killed Sunday afternoon in a traffic collision on Kawaihae Road (Highway 19) near the 65-mile marker.

At 1:22 p.m., South Kohala patrol officers responded to the collision and determined that a black 2008 BMW sedan was traveling east-bound (mauka) on Kawaihae Road when it veered onto the south (Kona side) shoulder and collided with a parked, unoccupied gold 2004 Toyota Camry sedan that was facing east on the shoulder.

Police identified the victim as 59-year-old Sione Tilini.

At the time of the collision, three individuals were outside the Toyota Camry on the passenger side of the vehicle changing a front passenger-side tire, police said. Tilini is believed to have been positioned between and partially underneath the passenger-side wheels of the Toyota when the collision occurred.

The impact caused the Toyota to fall onto him.

Tilini was transported to Queen’s North 91Ö±²¥ Community Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 2:47 p.m.

Two additional individuals, a 19-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy, sustained minor injuries after being struck when the parked vehicle was pushed forward during the collision. Both were transported to QNHCH for treatment and later released.

The driver and sole occupant of the BMW, a 22-year-old Waimea man, was transported to QNHCH and remains in critical condition.

The BMW driver was arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide, negligent injury, driving without a license, driving without car insurance, and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

Police have initiated a negligent homicide investigation.

Police ask anyone who witnessed the collision or has information relevant to the investigation to contact Officer Dayson Taniguchi at dayson.taniguchi@hawaiipolice.gov or at (808) 326-4646, ext. 229.

This was the fourth traffic fatality within five days.

Two men died May 5 in a two-vehicle collision on Daniel K. Inouye Highway. The victims were from Hilo and Virginia. And a Puna woman died May 8 in a two-vehicle collision on the Panaewa stretch of Highway 11 in Hilo.

Sunday’s traffic fatality was the ninth on 91Ö±²¥ Island in 2026, compared with 12 at the same time last year.