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| Ray Bautista, maintenance manager for Horizon Waste Services, examined a company refuse truck that overturned on the H-3 yesterday.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
No injuries were reported in an accident yesterday in which a commercial garbage truck overturned in the Kane'ohe-bound lanes of the H-3 Freeway.
The driver lost control of the truck about three miles from the tunnel, said a spokesman for Horizon Waste Services of Hawaii, the truck's owner. The driver reportedly spotted a car on the freeway shoulder and slowed to avoid hitting anyone who might be walking in the area, the spokesman said.
The truck reportedly skidded on the wet road, struck the guard rail on the right and overturned.
Feb. 28 accident victim identified
The victim in a fatal Feb. 28 accident at the intersection of Kahekili and Likelike highways has been identified as Henry Smythe, 25, of Waimanalo.
Smythe was the passenger in a car that was heading east on the Kahekili, ran a red light at the intersection and struck a vehicle in the town-bound lanes of the Likelike at about 12:35 a.m., police said.
Japan fishing boat crew member dies
A critically ill crew member on a Japanese fishing boat died yesterday shortly after he was flown by the Coast Guard to O'ahu.
Fukuo Miura, chief engineer of the Shoun Maru No. 151, was hoisted from the vessel onto a Coast Guard helicopter about 7 a.m. yesterday. The Shoun Maru was about 80 miles north of O'ahu when its crew reported that Miura was critically ill.
Coast Guard aviation survival technician Gabe Sage was lowered to the vessel, and he reported that Miura was suffering from a possible bleeding ulcer and had a weak pulse. Sage performed CPR on Miura throughout the 45-minute flight to Kuakini Medical Center, the Coast Guard said.
A hospital spokesman said Miura died in the emergency room yesterday morning.
Police seek driver in Nanakuli hit-run
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver in a 1994, brown, 4-door Mazda that struck a HPD plainclothes policewoman yesterday in Nanakuli.
The officer was treated for scrapes and bruises at the Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and released.
The incident occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. during a traffic stop at Farrington Highway and Lahilahi Street. Police have the car's license number.
Attempted murder case reclassified
Police yesterday reclassified an attempted murder case to an investigation into possible terroristic threatening charges against three people reportedly involved in a shooting Sunday beneath the Nimitz Highway and River Street bridge.
The victim, 42, reportedly suffered a cut hand in the incident, in which he said he was held against his will beneath the bridge by two men, 43 and 41, and a 43-year-old woman.
The victim told police that the suspects thought he was an undercover officer and that the woman told the men to shoot him. A shot was fired into the water, and the man then said he leaped into Nu'uanu Stream and waded toward the Chinatown police substation.
Police said possible suspects have been located, but no arrests have been made.
Makiki burglary suspect caught
A resident watering his yard on Monday afternoon watched as a burglar walked out of the Makiki home, carrying a camera bag and other property.
Police were called at 4:42 p.m. to Thurston Avenue and Magazine Street. The victim yelled at the burglar to stop and chased him. The burglar was caught by a police officer nearby.
The suspect, a 31-year-old Moanalua man, was arrested but released pending investigation.
