O'ahu briefs

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CENTRAL

Suspect in fatal crash released

The alleged driver of a stolen car involved in a fatal crash Wednesday in Pearl City was released Sunday by a district judge. The 25-year-old Pacific Palisades man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of auto theft, failure to render aid and second-degree negligent homicide in connection with the death of Kevin Urata.

Police said they were investigating the man's claim that a pickup truck struck the Acura twice, causing him to lose control of the car, which skidded across Waimano Home Road and into the carport of a home at 895 Ho'omoana St.

Police found a stolen pickup truck on Friday. The truck was examined and returned to its owner, police said.

HONOLULU

Beaches on jellyfish alert

Box jellyfish are expected to migrate to island beaches today and tomorrow, the city Ocean Safety Division said. Waikiki and Ala Moana are the areas most commonly affected, the city said.

Lifeguards will assess beaches and post warnings signs in the Waikiki and Ala Moana areas if there appears to be a threat to public safety.

Man who died in cell identified

The medical examiner's office yesterday identified a man found dead on March 7 in his cell at the Honolulu Police Department's headquarters as Sidney Kuroiwa, 34.

Results of laboratory tests were not yet available, but police said they found no evidence of foul play. Kuroiwa had been charged with forgery.

Cloning expert to speak at UH

Pioneering cloning researcher Ian Wilmut, who headed the Scottish scientific team that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996 — the first animal cloned from an adult cell — will speak at 7 tonight at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Campus Center Ballroom.

His lecture, part of UH-Manoa Distinguished Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

Wilmut, a world-renowned reproductive biologist, is a professor and head of the Department of Gene Expression and Development at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland.

WINDWARD

H-3 on-ramp to be closed

The H-3 Freeway on-ramp from Likelike Highway to the Halawa-bound lanes of H-3 will be closed this morning from 9 a.m. to noon, the state said.

Work will include repairing message signs damaged by high wind over the weekend, the state Department of Transportation said.

Over in Kailua, both the right lane and the right-turn lane of Kalaniana'ole Highway, Honolulu-bound, at Castle Junction will be closed today and tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. as crews remove the fill behind the concrete barriers.

Drivers will still be able to turn right onto Kamehameha Highway at the Castle Junction intersection.