Updated at 8:48 p.m., Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Injured Kalihi moped operator, 17, died Dec. 26
Advertiser Staff
A teenage moped operator injured in a Dec. 18 traffic accident in Kalihi died Dec. 26 at The Queen's Medical Center.The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as Felix Umblas, 17. Autopsy findings listed cause and manner of death as multiple force injuries due to a accidental motor vehicle collision.
The medical examiner's office also said Robert Degnan, 53, of Hale'iwa, died Dec. 15 from complications of multiple blunt injuries suffered in an April 27 motorcycle accident in Wahiawa.
Degnan was critically injured while operating his motorcycle on a median on Wilikina Drive in an attempt to pass a car.
O'ahu's traffic fatality count for 2007 was 68 but the total includes a death caused by medical reasons, according to the ME. The number will be adjusted later by police.
