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Posted at 10:26 p.m., Thursday, July 5, 2007

Scooter operator injured in Helemano collision dies

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

A 53-year-old man critically injured Tuesday in a rear-end collision involving his motorized scooter in Helemano died today at The Queen's Medical Center.

The man's Honda scooter struck a Honda seda at 4:45 p.m. on Kamehameha Highway near the intersection of Pa'ala'a Uka-Pupukea Road.

The death is O'ahu's 38th traffic fatality of the year as compared to 51 on the same date in 2006.