Jaywalker dies after being hit by truck

By Walter Wright
Advertiser Staff Writer

AA 76-year-old woman who was hit by a pickup truck after she ran across North School Street against a red light Saturday died early yesterday at The Queen’s Medical Center.

The medical examiner’s office today identified the woman as Young She Son of a North School Street address. She is O‘ahu’s 12th traffic fatality of the year; three of those have been pedestrians.

Police Sgt. William Baldwin of the vehicular homicide section said Son ran from the south to the north side of the street near a crosswalk one-tenth of a mile north of Lanakila Avenue at about 6 p.m.

The 1983 Ford Ranger pickup truck, being driven by a 42-year-old woman from Kailua, with an infant girl in a child-restraint seat, had a green light at the intersection, Baldwin said.

Son ran into the street from the south sidewalk, disregarding the red hand signal, he said.

She was taken in serious condition to Queen’s where, officials said, she died at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.

Baldwin said there was no indication that either alcohol or speed were factors in the accident.

Advertiser staff writer Rod Ohira contributed to this report. Reach Walter Wright at wwright@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8054.