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BIG ISLAND

Car crash kills one, injures two

One man was killed and two people were injured in a head-on collision last night on the Big Island.

The accident occurred at the three-mile marker of Highway 130 in Kea'au shortly after 6:40 p.m. Details were not available, but a fire official said the collision involved a car and a pickup truck.

MAUI

Residential lots completed in Kula

KULA, Maui — The Hawaiian Homes Commission, state and county officials and community leaders will join homestead lessees at 11 a.m. today to commemorate the completion of Unit 1 of the Waiohuli Residential Lots in Kula.

The $23.4 million project is a 320-lot subdivision on the slopes of Haleakala overlooking a panorama from Wailea to Ma'alaea.

The contractor was Kiewit Pacific Co. Improvements included access roads, a drainage system, a water system, an overhead electrical distribution system, three reinforced concrete reservoirs and booster pump facilities.

Pedestrian hit by car dies in hospital

WAILUKU, Maui — An elderly pedestrian struck by a car earlier in the week died of head injuries yesterday at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Police said Jean F. Nakamoto, 76, of Kahului, was hit by a 1987 Chevy Blazer while in a crosswalk at the intersection of Main and Market streets in Wailuku at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday. The Blazer, operated by a 40-year-old Lahaina man, hit Nakamoto as he was making a left turn from Market onto Main Street.

This is the second traffic fatality on Maui this year, compared with four during the same period last year.