Victim of car crash ID’d as Waialua man

The Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed in a car crash Thursday morning as 22-year-old Nico Ballesteros of Waialua.

Ballesteros was a passenger when the car he was in hit a pole at the intersection of Kuala and Acacia streets in Pearl City at 4:19 a.m.

The 21-year-old driver of the car, a Waipahu man, was arrested at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Queen’s Medical Center on suspicion of first-degree negligent homicide and driving without a license.

Ballesteros was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died. The driver was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Alleged driver of stolen car is charged

A 30-year-old Waianae man remained in police custody Saturday morning, facing various charges after he was allegedly caught driving a stolen vehicle.

Jason K. Perez was charged at 10:20 p.m. Friday with two counts of first-degree burglary, two counts of auto theft, and unauthorized possession of confidential personal information. His bail was set at $100,000.

Police said Perez was seen driving a stolen vehicle about 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Waialua and was arrested on suspicion of auto theft, resisting arrest and unauthorized possession of personal information.

Isles under flash flood watch until Monday

The state is under a flash flood watch through 6 p.m. Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Wali bear down on the islands with the threat of heavy rain.

The flash flood watch is in effect for all main Hawaiian Islands, but there was little evidence of impending squalls on Saturday, even on Hawaii island, which will be hit first.

The National Weather Service said deep tropical moisture moving over the smaller islands from the southeast will bring "locally heavy rain and the chance of thunderstorms," adding that the rain "is expected to persist through Monday, and with it the chance of flooding."

The weather service further warned, "Although rainfall totals will likely be highest over windward and mauka areas, the threat for flooding exists over all parts of the islands."

It does not have to be raining heavily in the vicinity for flash flooding to occur, the agency said, adding that campers and hikers should avoid streams and low-lying areas. A more stable tradewind weather pattern is expected to return by the middle of the week.