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Submariner killed in crash identified
A Navy man who died Thursday at The Queen's Medical Center after crashing his motorcycle on Nimitz Highway Wednesday night has been identified as Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Clint William Shunk.
Shunk, 21, had served aboard the USS Bremerton since June 2003 and had been in the Navy since October 2000.
Shunk was thrown from a 2000 Honda motorcycle when it hit a guardrail at 6:35 p.m. on Nimitz Highway, 0.7 mile east of the Hickam Air Force Base gate.
Saddle Road crash victim identified
HILO, Hawai'i Big Island police have identified the victim of a fatal car crash Wednesday on Saddle Road as Grant M. Headley, 41, of Hilo.
Headley was killed near the 10-mile marker after he lost control of his vehicle. The car ran off the left shoulder and overturned.
Woman suspected in bank robbery
Police arrested a woman yesterday in connection with the Tuesday robbery of Central Pacific Bank's Waipahu branch.
The woman was arrested in Leeward O'ahu after CrimeStoppers received a tip, police said. She was arrested without incident and was turned over to the FBI last night, police said.
Police said a woman armed with a handgun robbed a teller at the bank at about 1:45 p.m. She was last seen running toward the Leeward Drive-In.
Head-on collision injures four men
Four men were injured early yesterday in a head-on collision involving a sport utility vehicle and a Frito-Lay of Hawaii delivery truck on Salt Lake Boulevard near Aliamanu Park.
One of the men, a rear-seat passenger in the SUV, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where his condition was reclassified from serious to critical. The collision was reported to police at 2:55 a.m.
Police Capt. Clayton Saito said a 1999 Mitsubishi sport utility vehicle made a right turn onto Salt Lake Boulevard from Pakini Street and crossed over a double-solid line into the path of the eastbound Frito-Lay truck.
The SUV driver, 20, was treated for a sore leg and bump on the head.
A front-seat passenger refused treatment at the scene for a bump on the head.
The driver of the Frito-Lay truck, 35, was treated at Queen's for minor injuries and released.