Maui police said a 12-year-old boy was killed in a pickup truck crash on Sunday in Haiku-Pauwela.

The boy was identified as Connor Ellis of Kula.

It happened at around 5:11 p.m. on Pauwela Lighthouse Road, lot 217.

A 44-year-old Kula man was driving the pickup northbound and swerved to avoid a tire on the dirt roadway and overturned on its passenger side, according to police.

The boy sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the truck was treated at Maui Memorial Center and released.

The crash is still under investigation.