(Update) Police Identify Motorcyclist Killed in Pāhoa Collision

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the motorcyclist who died in a traffic collision involving a dump truck in Pāhoa on Monday, February 3, 2025, as 36-year-old Wallace Zimmerman of Pāhoa.

Responding to a reported traffic collision at 3:38 p.m., police learned that a motorcycle, being operated by Zimmerman, was traveling in a south (Pāhoa bound) direction on Kea‘au-Pahoa Road when the motorcyclist began passing multiple vehicles on the mauka shoulder. The motorcyclist then collided with a 2020 Peterbilt dump truck that was making a right turn into a driveway in the 15-2600 block of Kea‘au-Pahoa Road. Multiple witnesses were interviewed at the scene.

Zimmerman was located unresponsive at the scene and was transported to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased at 7:23 p.m. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.

At this time, police believe speed and alcohol and/or drugs are possible factors in this collision. Zimmerman was not wearing a helmet. 

The East Hawaii Traffic Enforcement Unit responded to the scene and is continuing this investigation.

If anyone has additional information regarding this collision they may contact Officer Jerome Duarte at (808) 961-2339, or via email at Jerome.Duarte@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300.

At the time of the crash, it was the 5^th traffic fatality of 2025 compared to four same time last year.