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Updated at 10:13 p.m., Sunday, May 13, 2007

Man critically injured in fall from truck

Advertiser Staff

A man was critically injured tonight when he fell from the back of a pickup truck in La'ie.

Police said the truck had turned left from Kamehameha Highway onto Hale Laa Boulevard, which leads to the Mormon Temple, when the the accident occurred.

The accident was reported to police at 8:07 p.m.

Emergency Medical Service spokesman Bryan Cheplic said the injured man was taken to Kahuku Hospital and then transferred by helicopter to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.