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Three injured in two-car Maui crash
Police are investigating the cause of a head-on collision Sunday on Maui's Haleakala Highway that left three people with serious injuries.
An 18-year-old driving a 1989 Nissan toward Kahului crossed the center lane around midnight and hit a 2003 Ford van driven by a 44-year-old man traveling toward Pukalani.
The younger driver was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. The other driver and his passenger were taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where they were listed in fair condition.
Man accused of sex assault on girl
Police have charged a man in connection with the abduction and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl from an 'Aiea bus stop June 1. Sean McKinney, 28, faces charges involving sexual assault, kidnapping and drugs. Bail was set at $100,000.
McKinney was arrested after the girl said she was abducted, sexually assaulted and held against her will after accepting a ride from a stranger while waiting at the bus stop.
Man may be charged in robbery
Police are seeking charges against a 27-year-old man in connection with the June 4 robbery of a Kalihi Kai man .
A man was putting his trash out for the evening at his Democrat Street residence when he was approached by a man who was carrying a knife and demanded money, police said. The man told police that he was punched, kicked and physically assaulted until he fell in the roadway.
Pair airlifted from 'Ohe'o pools area
Rescue crews airlifted two people from the pools of 'Ohe'o in Haleakala National Park Sunday after a man hurt his back jumping and a woman broke her leg trying to get a better look at his rescue.
The 18-year-old man injured his back after jumping 60 feet from a ledge into one of the pools, often called the Seven Sacred Pools, on the makai side. Air One, Rescue 10, Engine 7 and the National Park Service were called, and the man was placed in a basket and airlifted to avoid further injury, said Assistant Fire Chief Gordon Cordeiro.
A 47-year-old tourist was injured and had to be airlifted when she slipped trying to watch the rescue scene, Cordeiro said.
Such accidents are common at the pools, Cordeiro said.
"Youth was involved in this accident," he said, "although there's also a lot of older people who think they are young and get injured too."
Suspect detained in burglary
Police were seeking to press charges against a 24-year-old man they say was caught burglarizing a Honolulu home Saturday.
A 48-year-old man called police shortly after midnight, saying he had come home to find an unfamiliar moped parked in his driveway and a stranger running out of his home. The man, confronted, dropped some belongings taken from the home, he said.
The resident said he and a passing motorist detained the man until police arrived.
Police said the man would be charged with burglary, second-degree robbery, promoting a dangerous drug and credit card theft.
Neighbor's finger bitten in fight
Police were seeking assault charges against a 40-year-old man who bit off the tip of his neighbor's finger Saturday after an argument.
They said he became angry after his neighbor asked him to move one of his guest's cars. He attempted to hit the neighbor with a baseball bat, ended up wrestling with him and bit the man's finger, police said.
The victim was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital, where he was in good condition.
