Accidents leave one dead, one critical
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Two separate accidents on O'ahu yesterday morning and Sunday night critically injured a man on North School Street and killed a motorcyclist in Waimanalo.
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An elderly man was critically injured yesterday in a collision involving a sedan and a city bus on North School Street near Kamehameha IV Road.
A bus official takes photos of damage caused by a crash on North School Street near Kamehameha IV Road. An elderly man who was driving the car that crashed into the bus was critically injured in the accident.
The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m., and the injured man from the car was taken to The Queen's Medical Center. Police said the bus driver, 51, was not injured. No passengers were on the bus, which was not in service at the time.
Roger Morton, director of operations for O'ahu Transportation Services, said the bus driver saw what was happening and stopped his bus.
"He said there was nowhere for him to go," Morton said. "He was in the left lane heading 'ewa because of parked cars and saw the car approaching and cross over the center line."
In the fatal accident Sunday night in Waimanalo, police arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of drunken driving in connection with a collision on Kalaniana'ole Highway near Kaiona Beach Park involving a car, motorcycle and pickup truck.
Police Sgt. John Agno said the 29-year-old man was driving a black 1992 Ford Thunderbird on Kalaniana'ole Highway that collided head-on with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Police said the Thunderbird was trying to pass a Nissan pickup when it hit the motorcycle at 11:35 p.m. The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old man who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Nissan pickup truck was hit by either the rider, who was thrown from his motorcycle when it hit the Thunderbird, or by the motorcycle, Agno said. The 56-year-old man driving the pickup truck was not injured, Agno said.
Another man, 29, who was a front-seat passenger in the Thunderbird, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition.
Speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors for the collision, which occurred on the highway 477 feet west of Bell Street, Agno said.
The Thunderbird's driver was treated for injuries at Castle Medical Center and released. He was arrested at the Kailua substation on suspicion of driving under the influence and negligent homicide and was transferred to HPD's central receiving cellblock yesterday after being held overnight.
The medical examiner's office yesterday afternoon was not releasing the name of the man who died. The fatality is O'ahu's 16th of the year.
The medical examiner's office yesterday identified the two women killed in a Feb. 15 car crash on Roosevelt Avenue in Barbers Point as Neislizsha Milne-Okney, 27, and Clena Kaios, 22.
