Man charged with attempting to kill his friends in East Oahu crash

A 24-year-old Hauula man who was charged with causing a critical crash while driving drunk in East Oahu Saturday night told police that he rear-ended a truck carrying his friends forcing it to flip and hit a rock wall, according to court documents.

Justin N. Bush appeared in court Tuesday after he was charged with first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree assault, two counts of attempted first-degree assault, three counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, criminal property damage, drunken driving, and driving with a suspended license for a previous drunken driving offense. He is being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center in lieu of $200,000 bail and is scheduled to appear again in court Thursday.