Posted at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Five hurt in Turtle Bay crash

Advertiser Staff

Five people were hurt, including at least three juveniles, when their Honda Civic ran into a fence outside the Turtle Bay Hilton late last night, police and others said.

The one-car accident happened about 11 p.m. on Kamehameha Highway, on the Kahuku side of Kuilima Drive.

Four people were flown by medevac helicopter to the Queen's Medical Center. A 21-year-old man was listed in guarded condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. The other three victims at Queen's are boys under 18. The spokeswoman said she could not give out information about them, except to say they were not in critical condition and were being treated.

Val Rabaino, a security officer at the Turtle Bay Hilton, said she was told by a fellow officer that the car was traveling toward Sunset Beach. The car appeared to have flipped, "went into a ditch and took out 25 feet of fence" bordering hotel property, in front of the Links golf course, Rabaino said.

A fifth occupant of the car was taken to Kahuku Hospital and was in good condition, a hospital spokesman said.