A 14-year-old girl was injured Thursday night when she was hit by a car driven by a police officer while in a crosswalk on Kamoku Street near 'Iolani School.

Police said the officer, who was driving a private, subsidized vehicle, said he did not see the girl before colliding with her about 7:55 p.m.

City paramedics were called to the scene and took the girl to an area hospital in good condition. HPD's Traffic Division was investigating the incident.

MAUI FIRE SCORCHES 6 ACRES IN OLINDA

Maui County firefighters yesterday contained a brushfire that burned an estimated six acres in Olinda, Maui.

The fire was reported at 12:27 p.m. across from the Olinda Bird Sanctuary and was contained at 3 p.m. Olinda Road was closed during firefighting operations.

No homes were endangered and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

MAN PULLED FROM OCEAN BY TEENAGERS

A man who appeared to be in his 30s was in critical condition after being pulled from the ocean waters about 2:15 p.m. yesterday along the shoreline between Sandy Beach and Makapu'u Point.

Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department, said a witness reported seeing the man fall from the rocks into the water at Alan Davis Beach. Four males heard bystanders calling for help and jumped in the ocean, Cheplic said.

The males, in their late teens to 20s, brought the man to shore and city lifeguards gave the man first aid until city paramedics arrived, Cheplic said.