Ex-islander Chris Holt
killed by Las Vegas driver

Police say the suspect was involved
in 4 other accidents the same day

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Staff and wire reports

A man with a history of drunken driving is accused of running down a Nevada man with ties to Hawaii in a crash in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Chris Holt, 44, was riding a bicycle about two blocks from his home with his son Chance, 8, when Michael Krivak hit him with his truck, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The boy suffered only cuts and bruises, but Holt was carried about a mile on the hood of Krivak's truck before Krivak removed him, Las Vegas police said.

Krivak then ran over Holt with his truck, they said.

Krivak, 40, was taken before a judge yesterday.

Clark County prosecutor Gary Booker called Krivak "a domestic terrorist behind the wheel" and "a hard-core criminal with no respect for human life."

Family members in Hawaii confirmed that Holt was the grandson of former Big Island tour bus operator Albert "Slim" Holt and a distant cousin of former state Sen. Milton Holt and hula teacher Vicky Holt Takamine.

Holt attended Kaimuki High School on Oahu and graduated from Hilo High School on the Big Island in 1976 before moving to the mainland in the late 1980s.

Mark Fiero, a spokesman for Holt's family in Nevada, said he understood some family members from Hawaii were flying to Nevada for the funeral, but he had no details.

Police said Krivak was involved in a series of five hit-and-run accidents Tuesday, including the Holt accident, before his truck broke down.

He was also wanted in New Mexico for striking a patrol deputy and for four drunken driving offenses, including one in which he was found behind the wheel of a car stopped in the middle of a road, passed out, with an open beer can in his hand.

The newspaper reported Krivak had a passenger with him, also drunk, when he struck Holt.

The passenger, Thomas Johnson, walked away but the next morning went to a local radio station and described the events on the air.

Johnson said he and Krivak had been drinking for several hours. The last thing he remembers is seeing people on bicycles and then things went blank.

When he woke up, Krivak was saying he had killed someone, Johnson said.

Krivak has not entered a plea and is due to return to court next week.