Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Enforcement Unit
Sergeant Christopher D. Gali
Phone: 961-2332
Report No. C13000747
Media Release (update No. 3)
Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 38-year-old Pedro Peter of Kailua-Kona with 10 offenses in connection with a motor vehicle accident Wednesday (January 9) that killed a 3-year-old boy who fell out of his pickup truck on the shoulder of Route 190 in the Kalaoa area.
At 7:54 p.m. Friday (January 11), Peter was charged with manslaughter, no operator’s license, no no-fault insurance, four counts of no child restraint and three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
He remains at the Kona police cellblock in lieu of $52,125 bail pending his initial court appearance on Monday.