Student slightly injured in chemistry class
A 16-year-old boy was taken to Straub Clinic & Hospital just before noon Thursday after a minor accident in a chemistry classroom at Mililani High School.
A teacher was conducting an experiment with methanal when a chemical flash went off in the boy’s face, an Emergency Medical Service spokesman said. The boy was released after treatment at the hospital. The incident occurred at 11:35 a.m.
Waipahu woman was driver in fatal crash
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the driver killed in a pickup truck crash on the H-1 early Saturday as Lisa Ledward, 21, of Waipahu.
Also killed was John Herzog, 27, of Waianae. A 15-year-old boy, the only person wearing a seat belt, was taken to the hospital in fair condition.
Police said Ledward lost control of the Dodge truck in the Waianae-bound lanes near the Kualakai Parkway offramp in Kapolei. The pickup went up the right shoulder and overturned.
Ledward died of head injuries; another significant condition was acute alcohol intoxication, the medical examiner said.
The examiner had earlier said Ledward’s blood alcohol content was 0.215, more than 2.5 times the legal limit of 0.08.
Herzog died of head injuries.
Girlfriend arrested in man’s stabbing
A 25-year-old woman attacked her boyfriend with a bayonet Thursday morning in Makiki, police said.
When the boyfriend, 25, entered his Punahou Street apartment at about 1:25 a.m., he found his intoxicated girlfriend had locked herself inside his bedroom. He coaxed her to open the door, but she came out holding his bayonet and began to stab the bedroom door and wall, causing minor damage, police said.
When the man tried to stop her, the woman stabbed him once in the forearm, police said. He was able to take away the bayonet and call officers, who arrested her for investigation of second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal property damage.
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Motorcyclist dies of injuries
A 38-year-old man died Thursday morning from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night in Kailua-Kona.
Hawaii County police identified the victim as Caleb Wolfson of Kailua-Kona.
Wolfson was riding his motorcycle at 10:22 p.m. Wednesday, heading eastbound on Henry Street, when he hit a concrete barrier and was thrown from the motorcycle at the intersection with Palani Road in Kailua-Kona.
Fire personnel transported him to Kona Community Hospital, where he died at 3:12 a.m. Thursday.
Police say alcohol was a factor in the crash.
This was the 11th traffic fatality this year, compared with seven at this time last year.
Officer douses blaze at church
KILAUEA, Kauai » A Kauai police officer is being credited with preventing a historic church from burning down on the eve of Easter.
A patrol officer responded Saturday night when dispatchers received a report of a fire at the Christ Memorial Episcopal Church in Kilauea. The officer was able to extinguish the blaze before firefighters arrived.
The county is not identifying the officer because the fire and vandalism are under investigation.
The Rev. Robin Taylor says she and two others worked through the night scrubbing walls for the 1930s church to be ready for Easter service.
She says it appears prayer books and hymnals were used to start the fire.
The Garden Island reports the vandalism included damaged stained-glass windows, a brass crucifix and tombstones.
