Services set for H-1 crash victim Mel Salangdron

Advertiser Staff

Funeral services for Mariano "Mel" Melvin Salangdron, a Safety Systems Hawai'i employee who was killed in a fiery crash on the H-1 Freeway on Feb. 13, will be held Saturday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel.

Salangdron, 49, was riding in a flatbed truck owned by Safety Systems that was doing its regular morning inspection of the freeway section that becomes the Zipper lane for morning commuters. A car slammed into the rear of the truck and burst into flames, killing Salangdron and three Schofield Barracks soldiers. Police believe the two cars carrying the soldiers may have been racing.

Salangdron was born in Honolulu and lived in Wahiawa. He was a member of Bethel Bible Church of Wahiawa.

He is survived by his wife, Linda; sons, Melvin and Mark; daughters, Melanie Davis and Kimberly; four grandchildren; brothers, Mariano Doctolero, Joseph, Stanley and Dionicio Doctolero Jr.; sisters, Dolores, Shirley, Consalation "Connie" Troxell, Philomena Goldie, Presilda Doctolero, Angelita Griffin, Roxanne Acosta and Doreen Tolentino.

Visitation is at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel; service at 11:30 a.m. Inurnment at 1 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.