The Waikiki woman who suffered serious head injuries from being hit by a car driven by a woman accused of intentionally trying to run her over said she was stunned anyone could commit such an act.
"I can’t imagine somebody who could do something like this," said Elizabeth Conklin, 73, during a phone interview from the Queen’s Medical Center.
"She was crazy," Conklin said Monday.
Meanwhile, Jill Anjuli Hansen, 30, appeared in Honolulu District Court charged with second-degree attempted murder.
Hansen’s preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday. District Judge James Ashford confirmed her bail at $1 million.
Police said Conklin was struck by a car at about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, when Hansen allegedly followed her through the security gate of the Diamond Head Apartments parking lot and intentionally hit Conklin as she was getting out of her vehicle. The building’s maintenance technician broke one of Hansen’s car windows with a crowbar to get her attention and stop her from hitting Conklin again, police said.
"He saved my life and I’ll always be grateful," Conklin said.
She suffered a concussion and can’t remember what happened. "I don’t remember anything at all," Conklin said.
She does recall driving home from a meeting at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew with fellow members of a book club. "The next thing I know, I was in an ambulance," she said. "It was just like a whole section of the tape has been erased."
Police said there was no apparent motive.
"I don’t know anything about her. I never met her," Conklin said.
Conklin owns a white 2014 BMW 328i station wagon, and said she was informed by media that there was a post on Hansen’s Facebook page that she wanted a BMW. "She followed me in the parking garage. She was going to kill me and get the car," Conklin speculated.
Hansen, who attended Mid-Pacific Institute, lists her occupation as a professional surfer on her Facebook page.
She has a history of violent behavior.
Her father, Gregory M. Hansen, filed a temporary restraining order against her after she allegedly threatened to kill him. According to a court document, her father said he was first threatened in October 2011 when she said she would send people to his office to beat him up and also said she would come to his office and slit his throat with a knife.
Her father filed for a protective order in January 2012 after he said he received more threats. A letter written by her father’s receptionist recounted how Hansen called the office one day and said "she was going to hire someone to kill (her father)." She also said she was going to do it herself.
The two-year protective order expired in February.
According to court records, Hansen was cited three times for speeding since February, the most recent time on Sunday. In that incident she was allegedly driving 72 mph in a 35 mph zone in Wahiawa. She is set to appear in court for that case in June.
On March 23, Hansen was stopped for driving 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. She was fined $172. On Feb. 16 she was allegedly driving 70 mph in a 50 mph zone. She was fined $157, but another trial has been scheduled for Tuesday in that case.
Also, Hansen was fined $147 for using a mobile electronic device while driving in July.
In 2011 she received fines for disregarding a stop sign, driving without a license and driving without insurance. In 2013 she was fined for driving without headlights.
She has two convictions, one for speeding and the other for driving without a license in 2010, according to the state Criminal Justice Data Center.
