Driver flees on foot after hitting woman

Honolulu police opened an attempted-murder investigation Wednesday after a 73-year-old woman was struck near Kapiolani Park by a car driven by a woman who fled the scene on foot.

The woman was in serious condition with a head injury following the 11:40 a.m. incident at 2696 Kalakaua Ave., according to an Emergency Medical Services Division report.

About 7:15 p.m., police arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder.

When firefighters arrived at 11:44 a.m., they found the woman on the ground and the suspect’s car with damage to the back end, said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman David Jenkins. A bystander apparently had used a crowbar to alert the driver so that she wouldn’t hit the woman a second time, he said.

The victim had a cut to the back of her head and bruises on the rest of the body, Jenkins said.

Man injured in apparent fall from pickup

A 29-year-old man sustained serious injuries on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli on Wednesday after he apparently fell off the back of a pickup truck.

Police said the incident happened about 11:55 a.m. near Haleakala Avenue.

Paramedics treated the man and took him to a hospital in serious condition, according to a city Emergency Medical Services Division report.