Posted on: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
O'AHU BRIEFS
Stolen-car driver hits policeman
Advertiser Staff
A police officer suffered minor injuries yesterday when he was struck by a stolen car in Kalihi.
The driver fled and police found the abandoned car at about 6:30 a.m. on Hanaloa Street in 'Ewa Beach.
Police were searching for the driver, described as about 30 years old, with receding salt-and-pepper hair and a straggly beard and mustache. The man was last seen wearing a blue visor with white lettering, and a light-gray or white T-shirt.
Call Detective Larry Lawson at 529-3088, or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
WINDWARD
Kailua Beach water still dirty
State health officials will require that signs warning of polluted water at Kailua Beach remain up at least until this afternoon based on water-quality samples analyzed yesterday.
The signs went up Sunday after heavy rain caused about 5,000 gallons of rain-diluted raw sewage to overflow from a manhole along Wana'ao Road in Kailua and into Ka'elepulu Stream, which empties into the bay at the popular beach park.
Police said the officer tried to stop the car after seeing a motorist speeding through a Kalihi residential area. The officer approached the car when it came to a stop at about 6 a.m., but, police said, the driver reversed the vehicle and hit the officer and a parked car.
