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Updated at 9:59 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2007

Woman hit by car Thursday at Beretania/Pi'ikoi dies

Advertiser Staff

A pedestrian who was hit by a car Thursday has died of her injuries, police said today.

Lois Jeanine Reed, 66, of Honolulu, died Friday night, one day after being hit by a car at the intersection of Pi'ikoi and Beretania streets.

Police said Reed was crossing Beretania Street in a crosswalk shortly before 9:30 a.m. when she was struck by a light blue sport utility vehicle making a left turn.

Nearby residents and business people say the intersection is regarded as one of the most dangerous in Honolulu, with a combination of apartment buildings, restaurants, businesses, an elementary school and a nearby H-1 Freeway on-ramp contributing to the problem.

Reed is the eighth pedestrian in a motor vehicle accident in Honolulu this year. Last year, 32 pedestrians were killed in Honolulu.

Honolulu police traffic investigators are investigating the case.