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Posted: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 8:53 AM HST
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Honolulu officer killed in crash during training
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HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu police officer is dead after a motorcycle crash during a training exercise.
Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha says 39-year-old Chad Morimoto was participating in motorcycle escort training Monday near Mililani District Park.
Morimoto had been with the department 8 years and became a motorcycle officer in 2010.
Kealoha says Morimoto was practicing escorting dignitary motorcades when his motorcycle slid out from under him and he hit a curb.
The previous line-of-duty death for the police force was Officer Garret Davis. Davis died earlier this year after his patrol car was hit from behind by a pickup truck.
In September last year, Officer Eric Fontes was killed while assisting another officer with a traffic stop on Farrington Highway near Ko Olina.
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