Kalakaua Ave. reopened after driver knocks over utility pole, flees
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Crews from Hawaiian Electric Co. worked to repair a downed utility pole along Kalakaua Avenue this morning. The street was closed in both directions between Kapiolani Boulevard and Makaloa Street around 2:30 a.m.
Police are looking for the driver who knocked down a utility pole on Kalakaua Avenue early Thursday morning, closing off a major artery leading into Waikiki for nearly 12 hours.
Kalakaua Avenue was reopened just after 1 p.m. after Hawaiian Telcom crews completed repairs.
The street had been closed in both directions between Kapiolani Boulevard and Makaloa Street around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
No phone customers were affected by the fallen pole because none of the cables on the utility pole were severed, a Hawaiian Telcom spokeswoman said.
