Police ID traffic fatality victim

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Police have identified a man who died Saturday in a traffic collision on Route 137 (Kalapana-Kapoho Road) .1 mile south of the 17-mile marker.

Police have identified a man who died Saturday in a traffic collision on Route 137 (Kalapana-Kapoho Road) .1 mile south of the 17-mile marker.

He was identified as 62-year-old Richard Frank Rice of Mill Creek, Washington.

An autopsy was conducted Wednesday, but police are awaiting toxicology results before making a final determination as to whether Rice’s death is an official traffic fatality.

Police ask any witnesses who may have seen the vehicle, a silver 2015 Hyundai Elantra 4-door sedan, between 7:45 p.m. and 8:38 p.m., or anyone with any other information about this case to call Officer Clarence Acob at 961-2332.