Updated at 10:09 p.m., Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Scooter operator critically injured in Helemano collision
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
The collision was reported at 4:45 p.m. and forced the closure of Kamehameha Highway in both directions for over an hour. The highway was reopened at about 6:15 p.m.
According to police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. Michael Brede, the 1992 Honda scooter operator was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he is in critical condition.
Brede said the scooter operator was headed toward Wahiawa when he rear-ended a Honda sedan driven by a 24-year-old woman. The impact pushed the sedan into a 2006 Chrysler van, driven by a man, 40.
The drivers of the two vehicles were not injured.
Earlier in the day, police responded to another chain-reaction accident on Kamehameha Highway near Sunset Beach, which resulted in three injuries, none critical.
That accident was reported at 1:35 p.m.
A man, 51, and woman, 47, were taken Queen's in serious condition and a man, 27, was treated at Wahiawa General Hospital for minor injuries, according to Emergency Medical Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic.
