Kamuela man sought for domestic abuse

Hawaii island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 38-year-old Kamuela man wanted for domestic abuse.

Elia Mundon is described as 5-foot-8, 170 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He is wanted on a warrant of arrest for abuse of a family/household member and “other related investigations,” according to police.

Anyone with information on Mundon’s whereabouts is asked to call the Police Department at 935-3311 or contact Officer Sheldon Nakamoto at 326-4646, ext. 303, or via email at sheldon.nakamoto@hawaiicounty.gov.

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Makawao teen injured in crash

A 16-year-old Makawao girl was injured in a near-fatal collision in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday in Kahului, Maui police said in a news release.

Wailuku police officers investigated about 1 p.m. Tuesday a crash involving a red 2014 Nissan Frontier pickup on Hansen Road just north of Pulehu Road.

The pickup was heading north on Hansen Road when the driver failed to negotiate a left bend in the roadway and struck a utility pole on the northbound shoulder, police said.

The 16 year-old girl, a backseat passenger, sustained life-threatening injuries.

Police said the driver and the passenger seated in front were identified as juvenile males from Kahului and Kihei respectively.