Maui boy, 12, dies after vehicle overturns trying to avoid tire
WAILUKU >> A Kula, Maui boy was killed late Sunday afternoon when the vehicle he was riding in overturned.
The Maui News reported that Connor Ellis, 12, died at the scene of the crash.
Police say the 44-year-old Kula resident who was driving the vehicle was treated and released from Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Police say the accident occurred when the driver swerved to avoid a tire on Pauwela lighthouse road and the vehicle overturned.