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One killed, one hurt in car accident

A 66-year-old woman was killed Saturday night in a two-vehicle accident on the Big Island that also injured a 69-year-old man. The accident happened at 7:19 p.m. on Highway 19 near Kalopa Road in the Hamakua District when a Honda Civic collided with a Nissan pickup, according to police.

The woman was dead at the scene. The man was taken to North Hawai'i Hospital.

Big Island has power failure

HILO, Hawai'i — About 4,600 customers on the Big Island were without power for a short time early yesterday after a steam turbine generator suddenly tripped offline, Hawai'i Electric Light Co. officials said. The Hamakua Energy Partners' turbine went offline at 8:34 a.m.

About 2,900 customers had power restored within minutes after other generating units were activated. The remaining customers had power restored by 9:35 a.m.

Hamakua Energy Partners is investigating what caused the generator to go offline, HELCO said.