A woman from Kihei, Maui, was killed last night when she was thrown from the pickup truck she was driving after the truck hit a dirt embankment about 11:10 p.m.

Police traffic investigators said Danae Carmel Carter, of a Hoolalei Way address in Kihei, was traveling south on Kanakanui Road when she lost control of the 1998 GMC Sierra truck, drifted to the left across the roadway and hit the embankment about four-tenths of a mile south of Ke Alii Alanui Drive.

The truck flipped over and came to rest against the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of Piilani Highway, police said. They said Carter, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene of the crash. A front seat passenger, Gregory Owen Akers, of Kihei, who who was wearing a seatbelt, received minor injuries and was listed in good condition this morning at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Investigators have not yet determined whether speed, alcohol or drug use were factors in the crash.

Carter's death brings the traffic death toll for Maui County to 14 so far this year compared to 11 for the same period last year.

Identity theft suspect arrested

A 33-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of forgery and identity theft about 3 p.m. yesterday after she wrote a check for $652.47 at a Honolulu business and showed a Hawai'i driver's license as identification.

Police said a cashier was attempting to verify the check was good when he learned that it had been forged.

Police were called and quickly discovered that the driver's license the woman used was counterfeit.

Arrest follows alleged assault

Police yesterday arrested a 20-year-old homeless man on suspicion of terroristic threatening after he allegedly pulled a knife on two men who were waiting for a bus at the corner of Kapi'olani Boulevard and Ke'eaumoku Street.

One of the men told police he was waiting for the bus with his friend about 11:15 a.m. when the homeless man approached them and asked for money. Police said one of the two men who were asked for money told the homeless man to leave them alone.

The homeless man left momentarily, but returned and used a knife to threaten the man who had told him earlier to go away.

Police were called and arrested the homeless man.

Accident victim is identified

The city Medical Examiner's office has identified Lan Sang Vuong, 93, of a Kanunu Street address as the elderly woman who was fatally injured about 11:20 a.m. Monday when she was struck by a van while trying to cross Kalakaua Avenue near Makaloa Street.

Witnesses told police Vuong was in a crosswalk but crossing against the red light when she was hit by a white Chevy van. She was dragged a short distance before the van stopped. Vuong was pinned under the vehicle. She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition and died several hours later.

Girl suspected of school threat

A 15-year-old girl who is a student at Pearl City High School was arrested about 2:15 p.m. yesterday on three counts of suspicion of terroristic threatening after allegedly threatening to use a knife and a pair of scissors to harm two men, ages 34 and 43, and a woman, 42, who work at the school.