Motorcyclist hit by minivan is hospitalized

A minivan crashed into a 22-year-old Kailua woman riding a motorcycle Thursday, critically injuring her in Kaneohe.

Police said the accident occurred at 12:25 p.m. at Kahekili Highway and Keaahala Road near Kaneohe District Park.

The 18-year-old Kahaluu woman driving the gold Honda Odyssey was not injured, police said.

Police Lt. Robert Towne said the motorcyclist was heading west on Keaahala when the minivan driver, heading east on Keaahala, attempted to make a left turn onto Kahekili and struck the motorcycle in the middle of the intersection.

Towne said the minivan driver likely did not see the motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet, which left a crack in the right side of the windshield, Towne said.

Man sought in alleged sexual assault

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man in his 40s who sexually assaulted a woman in March after grabbing her from a bus stop in Kalihi.

Police said the woman was sitting at a bus stop at 8 p.m. March 23 on Kamehameha Highway near the Marukai Wholesale Mart.

The man, wielding a weapon, grabbed the woman and took her to a nearby warehouse, where he sexually assaulted her and then fled on foot in an unknown direction, police said.

The man is wanted on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault. He is described as between 40 and 50 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 190 to 210 pounds with short dark hair, wearing an orange or maroon T-shirt, shorts with a checker pattern, a baseball cap and a large rope chain with a crucifix.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellphone.