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Police cite speed in Punchbowl crash
Speed apparently was a factor in a collision Sunday on 'Auwaiolimu Street in Punchbowl that injured three people, one critically, said police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. John Agno.
The 5:19 p.m. collision involved a 2002 Toyota Highlander driven by a 17-year-old boy and a 1992 Honda Accord driven by a 60-year-old woman.
Agno said the westbound Highlander appeared to have been speeding when it crossed the center line about 258 feet west of Ho'oku'i Street and struck the eastbound Accord.
Firefighters had to free the woman from her car. She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition with head, internal and leg injuries.
A girl, 14, who was a front-seat passenger in the Highlander was taken to Queen's with serious internal injuries. The Highlander's driver was treated at Queen's for minor injuries.
Two charged in robbery of cabbie
Two of three military men arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of robbing a 50-year-old cab driver at gunpoint in Waikiki have been charged with first-degree robbery.
George E. Harris and Brandon D. Johnson, both 21, are being held in lieu of $50,000 and $25,000 bail, respectively. A third man, 20, was released pending further investigation.
Police said information from witnesses of the 1:12 a.m. robbery on Hobron Lane led to the arrest of the three men at the Saratoga Road post office at 2:50 a.m.
Kaua'i man injured in one-car crash
A 55-year-old Kaua'i man was in critical condition yesterday after a single-car accident Sunday night on Kaumuali'i Highway near Hanapepe.
The man, a Waimea resident, was expected to be transferred from Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital to The Queen's Medical Center, police said.
Kaua'i traffic investigators suspect speed and alcohol as contributing factors in the crash. Police said the man's Toyota sedan veered off the roadway, struck a guardrail and ended up in a ditch 25 feet below.
Home invasion reported in 'Aiea
Police are investigating a home-invasion robbery that occurred between 10 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 a.m. Sunday at an undisclosed 'Aiea location.
Four men broke into the home and tied up a 20-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy.
One of the men had a gun, according to the victims.
