Posted at 11:28 a.m., Thursday, January 9, 2003
1 dead. speeding suspected in Kunia crash
Advertiser Staff
Speeding appears to be a contributing factor in a single-car crash early today on Kunia Road that killed a 32-year-old Navy man, according to police investigators.The man was traveling south in a 2000 Mercury Cougar at 1:40 a.m. when the car veered off the roadway near Foote Avenue and crashed into a boulder. The impact caused the driver to be ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The traffic fatality is O'ahu's third of the year, compared with four on this date last year.
A previously unreported fatality occurred Tuesday when a 27-year-old man from Wilhelmina Rise, who was injured in a Jan. 4 moped crash at Wai'alae Avenue and Elizabeth Street in Kaimuki, died at The Queen's Medical Center. The medical examiner's office said Daryl T. Nakai died Tuesday at 5:35 p.m.
