Halloween=Death
Exerpts from Carolyn Lucas,West Hawaii Today
One child was killed in West Hawaii on Halloween Eve, 10/31/09 according to police. The fatal accident occurred Saturday evening at the Ocean View Evangelical Community Church, where 7-year-old Emily Midgley, of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, died of injuries she suffered during a hay ride. Ka'u patrol officers responded Saturday to the 7:08 p.m. call and determined that a 48-year-old Hawaiian Ocean View Estates man was operating a 1998 Dodge pickup with a trailer hitched to the truck. In the trailer were a number of passengers, including Midgley.

As the vehicle was coming to a stop in the church's parking lot at the end of the hay ride, Midgley jumped off the trailer and was run over. She was transported to Kona Community Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. Police do not believe speed or alcohol were factors in the incident. Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a negligent homicide investigation and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Attempts to reach Ocean View Evangelical Community Church, Midgley's family and Acting Sgt. Robert Pauole, of the Traffic Enforcement Unit, were unsuccessful as of press time Sunday. Because the crash occurred on a private road, the death is not counted toward the island's official traffic fatality count.