Posted at 8:37 p.m., Saturday, June 24, 2006
Youth critically hurt in windward car accident
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu police are investigating a bizarre accident that occurred shortly before midnight Friday in which a 16-year-old boy from Hau'ula was critically injured after he was ejected from the car he was driving.The accident happened on Kamehameha Highway in the Kualoa area, about two miles north of Johnson Road.
Police said the speeding red 1994 Volkswagen Golf was northbound when it went out of control and skidded into a tile wall fronting one residence, spinning around and smashing into an adjacent residential tile wall.
The vehicle then slammed into a 1988 white Ford van parked on the right roadway shoulder and continuing back onto the highway. At that point, police say the vehicle's engine block dislodged and struck a 2004 silver Honda Civic parked on the opposite roadway shoulder.
The Volkswagen came to a stop after the driver, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was ejected.
He was later taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
Police said a passenger in the Volkswagen fled the scene on foot.
Speed was a factor, but it was unknown if alcohol was involved.
Two other nearby residential vehicles — a 1993 white Toyota van and 1997 blue Toyota Camery — were damaged by flying tile debris.
