An 81-year-old woman was seriously injured yesterday when a pickup truck hit her as she was crossing 'A'ala Street in Liliha, police said.

Police traffic investigator Sgt. Danny Kaholokula said the pedestrian was in a marked crosswalk when she was struck at 12:53 p.m. by a 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck turning left from North School Street onto 'A'ala Street.

The woman was knocked to the ground and her head struck the roadway, Kaholokula said. She initially was reported to be in critical condition but was later upgraded to serious condition.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 56-year-old woman, was not injured.

SECOND KAHALA CRASH VICTIM ID'D

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office yesterday identified a man killed in a motorcycle crash Tuesday night on Kahala Avenue as Steven Schneibolk, 21, of Honolulu.

Satoko Aihara, 30, of Japan, a passenger on Schneibolk's 2005 Harley-Davidson, also died in the 10:35 p.m. crash at Kahala Avenue and Royal Place.

Autopsy findings said both people died of "multiple internal injuries due to a motorcycle accident."

HOUSE FIRE TRACED TO POWER STRIP

Fire department investigators determined that an electrical malfunction in a power extension strip started a fire which damaged a two-story wooden home Wednesday at 54-285 Hau'ula Road.

Department spokesman Capt. Earle Kealoha said the cause was accidental. Damage was estimated at $550,000 to the building and $50,000 to its contents.

MOTORIST DIED OF HEART CONDITION

Laboratory tests confirmed that a 47-year-old man died from a medical condition and not from crash injuries in a car accident Sept. 7 at Punchbowl and Lusitana streets.

Cardiac arrhythmia was the cause of Kenneth Yamada's death, the Medical Examiner's Office said yesterday.

The findings will result in an adjustment to O'ahu's traffic death count, which now stands at 50 but will be revised to 49 when police receive documentation from the medical examiner.

HONOULIULI CAMP MEETING OCT. 16

The National Park Service will hold a public meeting Oct. 16 to discuss criteria for its new grant program to preserve World War II internment camps for Japanese, including Honouliuli on O'ahu.

The meeting will run from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, 2454 S. Beretania St. in Mo'ili'ili.

For more information, go to www.historichawaii.org.

LANDON CHAIRS BOARD OF REGENTS

The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents has elected Allan R. Landon to serve as its chairman for the 2007-2008 year. The board also elected Andres Albano Jr. vice chairman.

Landon has served as regent since 2005 and is chairman and chief executive officer of the Bank of Hawaii. He holds a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University and has attended executive programs at Duke and Northwestern universities.

An accountant by education, he was a partner with Ernst & Young LLP before joining the Bank of Hawaii.