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LEEWARD O'AHU
Two in hospital after accident
An early morning accident in bad weather yesterday resulted in a three-car collision that sent two people to The Queen's Medical Center.
Police said they arrested a 23-year-old Honolulu woman for driving while intoxicated after she lost control of her car on H-1 at Managers Drive.
The accident happened at 2:33 a.m. in rainy weather.
Police said the woman was heading west on H-1 in her Nissan Sentra when she lost control of the car, crossed four lanes, hit the guard rail at the median, and then careened back across the lanes where her car hit a GMC pickup truck driven by a 50-year-old 'Ewa Beach man. Then a Toyota sedan driven by a 57-year-old Wai'anae woman collided with the Nissan.
A passenger in the Nissan, an 'Ewa Beach woman, and the Wai'anae woman were taken to Queen's in critical condition, later upgraded to guarded, police said.
The woman driving the Nissan was taken to to Pali Momi Medical Center where she was treated then arrested, police said. They said alcohol and speed were factors in the accident
The driver of the pickup truck and a 17-year-old man who was the third passenger in the Nissan were not injured.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Gathering to focus on 'ice'
U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo will speak at a Kahalu'u town hall meeting addressing issues surrounding the use of crystal methamphetamine, commonly called "ice," from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at KEY Project, 47-200 Waihe'e Road.
The meeting will cover how to identify and report ice use. The community will begin to formulate an action plan to confront ice use and related problems.
The meeting is sponsored by KEY Project, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawai'i and Hina Mauka.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Traffic meeting tomorrow
Lawmakers from 'Aiea and Pearl City are hosting a community meeting on traffic and transportation improvements from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at Pearl Ridge Elementary School's cafeteria.
The meeting, organized by Sen. Cal Kawamoto, D-18th (Pearl City, Waipahu), is open to the public.
The state will provide updates on the Waimalu viaduct widening, Kamehameha Highway improvements and Leeward Community College access road projects. City Director of Transportation Cheryl Soon will give an update on the Bus Rapid Transit project, traffic calming and other major work in the area.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Lecturer to speak at UHH
Professor Robert Kiste will give a free public lecture titled "The Pacific Islands in the 21st Century: An Overview" at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the University of Hawai'i-Hilo's University Classroom Building 100.
Kiste is former director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at UH-Manoa. His talk is sponsored by the UH-Hilo Geography Department and the university's Pacific Islands Studies Program.
