Three in hospital after Pearl City crash

Advertiser Staff

A 21-year-old Schofield man was in critical condition at The Queen's Medical Center this morning following an accident at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Acacia Road in Pearl City.

He was a passenger in a red 1992 Jeep Cherokee which, at 1:51 a.m., was turning left from the eastbound lanes of Kamehameha onto Acacia.

A silver 1984 Datsun pickup truck was headed west on Kamehameha, ran a red light and struck the Jeep; the passenger was ejected from the rear seat onto the roadway.

The Jeep's driver, an 18-year-old Schofield woman, was uninjured. Also hurt in the crash was another passenger, a 19-year-old woman, listed in guarded condition at Queen's.

The driver of the truck, a 42-year-old Kapolei man, also was taken to Queen's, where he remained this morning in fair condition.

Police believe the truck may have been speeding.