Posted at 4:08 p.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Police ask for help in hit-and-run
Advertiser Staff
Police are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run incident in Kahuku on Sunday that left an 80-year-old man dead.On Sunday at about 7 p.m., a pickup truck heading toward La'ie on Kamehameha Highway struck the man while he was in the crosswalk fronting the Kahuku Sugar Mill, police said.
The truck made a U-turn after hitting him and was last seen driving toward the North Shore.
According to police, witness at the scene described the driver of the vehicle as being in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and about 220 pounds.
Witnesses said the driver had a husky build, short hair, brown eyes, a brown complexion and wore a tank top.
The pickup is described as a 4-door, dark-colored, quad-cab pickup truck, possibly a Dodge Dakota, police said.
Anyone with information about this hit-and-run is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on your cellular phone.
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