Wet roads, accidents, outages slow morning commute
An overturned SUV, going west, was towed away from the Pali off-ramp at about 7am.
Two car accidents, at about 6:30 am under the Queen Emma Overpass snarled morning traffic going in both directions of the H1 freeway. An overturned SUV, traveling Waianae-bound, was towed away from the Punchbowl on-ramp/Pali off-ramp at about 7 a.m. In another accident in the Koko Head-bound lanes, a car rear-ended a motorcyclist. There were no reports of serious injuries.
Two car accidents, at about 6:30 am under the Queen Emma Overpass snarled morning traffic going in both directions of the H1 freeway. An overturned SUV, traveling Waianae-bound, was towed away from the Punchbowl on-ramp/Pali off-ramp at about 7am. In another accident in the Koko Head-bound lanes, a car rear-ended a motorcyclist. There were no reports of serious injuries.
2010 SEPTEMBER 21 CTY Two car accidents, at about 6:30 am under the Queen Emma Overpass snarled morning traffic going in both directions of the H1 freeway. An overturned SUV, going west, was towed away from the Pali off-ramp at about 7am. In another accident, going east on H1, a car rear-ended a motorcyclist. No reports on injuries. SA photo by Craig T. Kojima
Traffic on the H-1 Freeway through town is slowed by accidents and wet roads this morning.
Two accidents happened near the Queen Emma Street overpass at about 6:30 a.m., and a third happened around the nearby Nuuanu Avenue Overpass in the Koko Head direction just after 8 a.m.
A sports utility vehicle overturned on the Punchbowl Street on-ramp in the Ewa direction, closing the on-ramp to traffic at about 6:30 a.m. A woman who appeared to be in her 20s was taken to a trauma center in stable condition, said Bryan Cheplic, city Department of Emergency Services spokesman.
At about the same time, a car rear-ended a motorcycle in the Koko Head bound-lanes tied up traffic in that direction. There were no serious injuries.
There were also no serious injuries in the accident near the Nuuanu Overpass.
Police also responded to a power outage in the Punahou and Moiliili areas which shut down traffic lights.
Hawaiian Electric Co. spokesman Darren Pai said the outage affected 1,800 customers from 7 a.m until about 8:15 a.m., when power was restored. The cause of the outage is under investigation.
