Six people, four of them teenagers, were involved in a two-car accident on Farrington Highway fronting Makua Range early this morning and were taken to the hospital.

According to police and emergency service officials, the accident occurred at 1:14 a.m. a quarter-mile north of Makua Valley Road when a tan 1994 Toyota Camry traveling south on Farrington Highway tried to make an abrupt u-turn.

The second car, a white two-door 1994 Honda, couldn't stop in time and broadsided the Camry.

Traffic investigators said speed and alcohol may have been factors and it is not known if seat restraints were used.

The 18-year-old driver of the Camry and his two 20-year-old passengers, all from the Wai'anae area, were taken to the Hawaii Medical Center West for treatment.

The front-seat passenger of the Honda, a 16-year-old girl, was taken The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition while the 18-year-old driver and 15-year-old male passenger were also taken to Queen's in serious condition, police said.

All are from the Wai'anae area.

Emergency Service spokesman Bryan Cheplic said several smaller accidents also occurred around the same time early this morning, none resulting in major injuries.

However, one of the accidents an ambulance crew checked out involved the KHON2 Scoop2 truck and cameraman George Cabral, the station's longtime overnight/early morning cameraman.

Cabral, contacted by The Advertiser, said he was on his way to the two-car accident involving the injured teens when he had to swerve to avoid a head-on collision on Makua Valley Road with a speeding, swerving silver car.

"I avoided her head-on but she creamed the back of the Scoop2 truck," Cabral said. "I lost control and ended up in the wall on the other side of the street. She nailed the bumper and back under the truck's generator."

Cabral said police were able to pick up the driver who struck his vehicle a few minutes later because the suspect's bumper and license plate fell off at the scene.

He didn't know if it the car was involved in the other accident and police couldn't confirm anymore information about the accident.

"I don't know how it ended," said Cabral, who eventually made it to the original accident scene. "I only know they were able to pick her up. I've had something like this happen before, but it's been a long time."