Posted at 11:23 a.m., Friday, January 10, 2003
Waikane crash hurts 7, blocks highway
Advertiser Staff
Seven people escaped serious injury today in a collision involving a van and car on Kamehameha Highway and Johnson Road in Waikane. |
| Gilbert Gomes moves a plastic barrel used as a house for a rooster as a van damaged in a crash sits in his yard.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
Witnesses told police the car was attempting a U-turn on the two-lane highway at Johnson Road when it was struck by a van at 9:15 a.m.
A man, woman and two children, ages 4 and 2, who were in the van, were taken by helicopter to The Queen's Medical Center, where they were listed in fair condition. Three 17-year-old girls in the car were taken to The Castle Medical Center by ambulance with minor injuries.
The highway was closed to traffic in both directions until 9:45 a.m.
