Posted at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Maui woman killed in crash
Advertiser Staff
WAILUKU, Maui — A 52-year-old woman died after the 1993 Nissan pickup truck she was driving crashed into a traffic signal pole yesterday on Mokulele Highway.Police said Karren Anne Esposito of Makawao was headed toward Kahului when her vehicle veered onto the right shoulder at about 9 p.m. at the Kama'aina Road intersection. She died later at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Witness accounts of the wreck suggest Esposito may have suffered a medical problem before the crash, according to Lt. Jeffrey Tanoue of the Maui Police Department. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday to determine the cause of death.
