Updated at 1:28 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2007
Authorities ID man, woman killed in Pearl City crash
Advertiser Staff
A man and woman killed in a car crash early yesterday have been identified.Loretta Luavasa, 47, of Wai'anae, and Mikaele Ah Kam, 41, of Wahiawa, were killed when their speeding car veered off Kamehameha Highway and slammed into a cement pillar in Pearl City, police said.
Luavasa was driving the 2006 Mitsubishi Galant.
Police said both died at the scene of the single-car crash shortly after 3 a.m.
The car was heading west on Kamehameha Highway when it veered to the left and spun out of control just east of Pu'umomi Street. Police said the Galant crossed the grassy median, hit a street sign and continued into oncoming traffic.
The car jumped the sidewalk, hit a light pole, vaulted into an upper-parking lot wall before dropping into the lower-parking lot at the Pearl City Business Plaza. The car slammed into a natural gas line before it hit a cement pillar.
Both occupants were pinned in the car and were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said speed was a factor in the crash.
