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ROSE BERNARDO / RBERNARDO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu Police Department officers are on scene at the site of a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run incident in Mokuleia that took place around 6:50 a.m. today.
COURTESY CHIN FAMILY
Eugene Chin, left, with his wife, Susanne, as the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary in May.
A 76-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in Mokuleia early today.
A family member identified him as Eugene Chin.
Lt. James Slayter of the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division said a male pedestrian, identified by his daughter as Chin, was walking southbound on the right shoulder of Farrington Highway with his dog when he was struck by a white sedan traveling in the same direction at about 6:50 a.m.
Chin was pronounced dead at the scene.
The adult male driver fled but police located him and the vehicle about a mile-and-a-half away from the scene and detained him.
Slayter said speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash.
He said the dog was uninjured.
Police temporarily closed a section of the roadway between the Mokuleia Polo Fields and Dillingham Airfield in the area of 68-689 Farrington Highway to conduct an investigation. Officers reopened the roadway around 10:20 a.m.
The investigation is ongoing.
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