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Motorcyclist critically hurt in Waiawa
A 47-year-old man injured in a motorcycle crash last night in Waiawa was in critical condition today at The Queen's Medical Center.
Police said the man lost control of his motorcycle while in the eastbound left lane of Kamehameha Highway when he was passed by a car shortly before 10 p.m. The motorcycle hit the cement edge of Waiawa Bridge.
The man and his passenger, a 42-year-old woman, were thrown from the motorcycle upon impact with the bridge. Neither was wearing a safety helmet, police said.
The woman, who is also hospitalized at Queen's, is in good condition, according to police.
Boy captured; 2 escapees at large
One of three boys who escaped Friday from the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility was captured about three hours later. The two other escapees are still at large.
The three youths were attending a tech-ed program at Olomana School on the HYCF grounds when they fled at 10:15 a.m. Two custodians saw the youths scale a fence and run into a wooded area. One of the escapees, 16, was found and arrested at about 1 p.m. in the forest area.
Two men charged in park assault
Police yesterday charged two men in connection with the beating of a man Saturday morning at Ma'ili Beach Park.
Micaiah McCullah, 23, and Lea Alailefaleula, 21, are charged with second-degree assault and are being held in lieu of $30,000 and $20,000 bail, respectively. A third man, 18, arrested by police at Ma'ili Beach Park has been released pending further investigation.
The beating victim, 25, is in serious condition at The Queen's Medical Center, police said.
Police said the two men who were charged were among a group of five men who came to the park at about 4:30 a.m. and confronted the victim who was asleep in his car. The victim was allegedly kicked, punched and repeatedly struck on the head with wooden crutches that the men took from a woman who tried to intervene.
Police said the five men were also involved in another incident at Makaha surfing beach that was reported at 3:45 a.m. A 16-year-old boy was reportedly struck in the face with a beer bottle and then kicked in the face by the group, police said.
Escapee caught in Pearlridge
Sundance Cambra, who escaped from the O'ahu Community Correctional Center on Feb. 13, was captured Saturday in Pearlridge after a traffic stop.
Cambra, 23, was recognized by officers who made the stop at Pua'ilima Place at 1:30 p.m. Police said he was driving a stolen car. Cambra has been charged with escape and auto theft and is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.
Hilo man struck by speeding car dies
A 57-year-old man struck by a speeding car Friday night in Hilo died yesterday at The Queen's Medical Center.
Big Island police identified the man as Steven Estevan-Vargas of Hilo. Police said Estevan-Vargas was crossing at the intersection of Kino'ole and Kukuau streets in downtown Hilo in rainy weather at about 9 p.m. when he was hit by a 1996 Honda driven by a 26-year-old Hilo man.
Estevan-Vargas was not in a crosswalk, police said.
Speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors on the part of the driver, who was arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide. The driver and his male passenger, 30, were not injured
The death is the Big Island's sixth traffic fatality of the year.
