Man is hit, killed trying to cross highway
A 59-year-old Pearl City man was killed crossing Farrington Highway at Aliinui Drive in Ko Olina on Friday night, according to police.
Police said a 24-year-old Waipahu woman headed westbound on Farrington Highway in a 2011 Kia Forte struck the man, who was crossing Farrington Highway from north to south toward Ko Olina Resort, around 9:20 p.m. The man was not in a crosswalk, police said.
Police are investigating whether the woman was speeding, but said alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash. The area was clear and dry at the time of the collision and dimly lit by overhead streetlights, police said.
The man died at the scene. His was the 54th traffic fatality this year, compared to 57 at this time in 2012.
Driver arrested in alleged attack on officer
A 23-year-old Salt Lake man was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop.
According to police, the officer stopped the suspect for a traffic violation and was in the process of arresting him when the suspect assaulted him.
The incident allegedly occurred around 3:40 a.m. near the intersection of Piikoi and Beretania streets.
Both the suspect and the officer sustained minor injuries.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer.
Woman suspected in burglary and assault
Police arrested a 31-year-old Kapahulu woman in connection with a Nov. 19 burglary in Honolulu.
According to police, Yukari Takai entered a residence without permission and assaulted a 27-year-old man.
Kauai collision leaves 4 hurt
Four people — not five — were involved in a critical three-car collision Friday afternoon on Kaumualii Highway in Kipu, Kauai, county police reported Saturday.
At around 2:40 p.m., a Dodge sedan, heading east a quarter-mile west of the Kauai Humane Society, crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Dodge pickup truck. The truck caught fire.
A Ford sedan traveling behind the pickup swerved into the eastbound lane in an attempt to avoid the collision and sideswiped the sedan.
The driver of the pickup, a Kalaheo man, 65, was pulled out before it became engulfed, police said. He was flown to the Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu, where he remains in critical condition.
The 30-year-old male driver of the Dodge sedan and his female passenger, 27, both visitors from New York, were taken to Wilcox Hospital with serious injuries and remain hospitalized.
The driver of the Ford sedan, 19, of Lihue, was taken to Wilcox but released.
Police originally reported that five people were hurt.
