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The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a 73-year-old man who died after being struck by a pickup truck in the Liliha area as Robert T. Yoshimoto of Honolulu.
Police said a pedestrian later identified as Yoshimoto was walking across the roadway in a marked crosswalk at the intersection of North Kuakini and Liliha streets when he was struck by the vehicle at approximately 7:53 a.m. Sunday.
He was taken to The Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition where he later died. Police said speed, alcohol or drugs were not factors in the crash.
This is the year’s 56th traffic-related fatality and the 26th pedestrian fatality on Oahu.
Statewide, Yoshimoto’s death is the year’s 98th traffic-related fatality and the 34th pedestrian fatality.
Kalihi game room suspect makes appearance in court
A 35-year-old man accused of shooting a 28-year-old man at an illegal game room in Kalihi appeared in Circuit Court on Monday morning.
Prescott Kesi appeared at his arraignment via closed-circuit video link before Judge Colette Garibaldi from the Oahu Community Correctional Center on charges of one count of second-degree attempted murder and two counts of firearm-related charges in the shooting of Pitulo Vaipapa, who died Oct. 14.
On Oct. 8 — six days before Vaipapa’s death — Honolulu District Judge James Kawashima found probable cause to have Kesi stand trial for attempted murder.
Prosecutors are likely to seek an indictment charging Kesi with murder.
Deputy Public Defender Doris Lum entered a not-guilty plea to the attempted- murder charges. Garibaldi confirmed Kesi’s bail at $500,000 and set his trial for December.
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