An autopsy was scheduled to be performed today to determine cause of death of a 50-year-old Papakolea man whose pickup truck crashed into a utility pole and wall last night on Likelike Highway north of Kalihi Street.

Witnesses told vehicular homicide investigators that the man, identified today by the medical examiner’s office as Eisen Kahue, was slumped over the steering wheel of his north-bound 1991 GMC pickup truck when it suddenly accelerated, crossed over the median and struck the utility pole and wall at 6:25 p.m.

Kahue was pronounced dead on arrival at The Queen’s Medical Center.

The death is tentatively classified as O'ahu’s 55th traffic fatality pending autopsy results.

Pair arrested in robbery-kidnap

A 24-year-old woman was arrested yesterday on Kahawai Street on suspicion of robbing and kidnapping an 18-year-old man in April.

Police also arrested an 18-year-old man awaiting trial at O'ahu Community Correctional Center in connection with the same case. Both the man and woman were booked for first-degree robbery and kidnapping.

The allegedly forced their way into a vehicle at 11:30 p.m. on April 8 at Alu Street and Likelike Highway and forced the victim to drive them to an undisclosed location where the alleged robbery took place.

2 men nabbed in burglaries

Police yesterday arrested two men, ages 23 and 22, in Pearl City on suspicion of breaking into a Kailua home.

Windward O'ahu burglary zone Detective John McCarthy said the two men are prime suspects in a series of recent home burglaries and auto thefts in Windward O'ahu, including one on Friday and another yesterday. The police helicopter tracked the men as they drove from the intersection of Pali and Kamehameha highways to H-3 to Waikele and back toward Pearl City, where they became stuck in traffic.

The two men were arrested at 11:54 a.m. at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Ka'ahumanu Street. Police will be seeking to charge the men on two counts of first-degree burglary, four counts of auto theft and first-degree criminal property damage for allegedly hitting a car yesterday while trying to flee from police.

Man allegedly fired shots

Charges are pending against a 32-year-old Kamehameha Heights man for allegedly firing shots from his Monte Cooke Place home.