Pedestrian Hit By Car Dies After Responding Cop Hits Him A Second Time

Chris | InformationLiberation
Jan. 07, 2015

KAUMAKANI, HI - 19-year-old Michael Kocher Jr. of Hanapepe, Hawaii died this past Friday night after a Kauai police officer responding to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a car hit the young man a second time.

Kocher was initially stuck by a Toyota Carolla while walking along the Kaumuali'i Highway at around 9:35 p.m. in the evening.

Kocher's niece Rayne Banasihan told the Garden Island newspaper Michael “was alive and responsive” after being struck initially by the Toyota driver, yet after the responding officer smashed into him, he evidently showed no vital signs and was presumed dead at the scene.

The Kauai police say they're investigating the crash, but they haven't even released the name of the officer who hit him, instead they're asking for information on the young man's "whereabouts" prior to the crash.

It'd be more interesting to know where the officer was prior to the crash and was he or she in any way distracted or inebriated.
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