A victim in a pedestrian vehicle collision that occurred Friday night in Kapalua has been identified as 39-year-old Victoria Grimaldi of Lahaina, according to the Maui Police Department.

On Friday at approximately 7:18 p.m., a motor vehicle collision occurred at Honoapiilani Highway, two feet southwest of Office Road in Kapalua. MPD Preliminary investigation revealed that a 39-year-old Lahaina female was, “attempting to retrieve a chicken carcass out of the roadway and walk back to the southbound makai shoulder when she was struck by a white 2014 BMW X5 traveling northeast on Honoapiilani Highway.”

According to the MPD, the operator of the BMW did not stop or render aid to the pedestrian and fled the scene north eastbound on Honoapiilani Highway.

As a result of this collision, Grimaldi sustained fatal injuries and she was transported via medevac to the Maui Memorial Medical Center Emergency Room for treatment, where she later succumbed to her injuries and died.

Grimaldi’s identity was withheld for 24 hours to allow her family an opportunity to notify their extended family and friends.

According to the MPD, at approximately 8:26 p.m., the BMW and its female operator were located at D.T. Fleming Park, at which time damages consistent with striking a pedestrian were observed on the vehicle.

The driver of the BMW was positively identified as 34-year-old Ashley Nienaber of Lahaina and Nienaber was subsequently arrested for Collisions Involving Death or Serious Bodily Injury. Nienaber was later released pending investigation, according to the MPD.

The MPD stated that Nienaber self-reported, “she was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision and that the airbags of the vehicle did not deploy.”

The involvement of speed, alcohol, or drugs has yet to be determined as the investigation remains ongoing, according to the MPD.

This is Maui County’s sixth traffic fatality of 2024, compared to six at the same time last year.