Updated at 6:07 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2006
Driver faces administrative action for hitting H-1 overpass
Advertiser Staff
A soldier who slammed a military transport truck into an overpass pedestrian walkway along the 'Aiea portion of the H-1 Freeway in September will be punished with an administrative action, military officials said today.A report detailing the findings of the Army Article 15-6 investigation was not available today.
But according to Army spokesman Christopher Rodney, "The Army accident investigation resulted in administrative action against the driver and a re-look at how the Army transports equipment on public roads."
He added: "We are reinforcing the state of Hawai'i transportation requirements and the training of our unit movement officers and updating the way we approve convoys in order to prevent accidents like this from happening again."
Rodney said exactly how the driver, a 35-year-old sergeant, is to be punished has not yet been determined and is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 15 process. At the time of the incident, he was hauling a hydraulic excavator from Pearl Harbor to Schofield Barracks.
The Army, in the days following the incident, apologized for the incident and promised to pay for costs associated with the repairs, which state transportation officials have estimated at about $500,000. Military officials refused to provide details, citing the pending investigation.
