Speed, alcohol cited in fatal Haleiwa crash
Police said excessive speed and alcohol may be factors in a motorcycle crash that killed a 33-year-old California man near the Weed Circle junction in Haleiwa early Saturday morning.
The man lost control of his 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle while turning onto Kamehameha Highway from the Weed Circle junction at about 12:40 a.m., police said.
The motorcycle hit a guard rail, and the man was ejected over the rail into some bushes. He sustained major head and body injuries and died at the scene.
Police said he was not wearing a helmet.
Kamehameha Highway was closed while Traffic Division officers investigated the crash scene. The road reopened by about 3:30 a.m.
Police said the man’s death is the 37th traffic fatality on Oahu this year, compared to 38 at the same time last year.
Pickup plunges 30 feet onto H-1 offramp
A pickup truck crashed over an embankment onto the School Street H-1 offramp early Saturday morning, seriously injuring a man.
According to city Emergency Medical Services officials, the driver lost control of the vehicle at about 2:20 a.m. while driving on School Street, hit a parked car, veered left and crashed through a chain-link fence onto the School Street westbound offramp of H-1 about 30 feet below.
The driver, a 43-year-old man, was taken to a hospital in serious condition, according to EMS.
Police closed the Ewa-bound School Street offramp and School Street from Nuuanu Avenue to Aala Street while the truck was removed and the fencing repaired.
The roads reopened by 5:51 a.m.
Inmate sought after escape from facility
Honolulu police and state sheriffs are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Laumaka minimum-security work furlough center.
Eric Pixley, 49, was last seen at an 11 p.m. head count and was reported missing at a 1:30 a.m. head count Saturday, according to a Department of Public Safety news release. He was serving time for a probation violation and will likely face escape charges after he is recaptured.
Pixley is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes, weighing 170 pounds. How he escaped is under investigation.
Anyone who sees Pixley is asked to call 911.
Laumaka is a minimum-security work furlough center for community custody inmates. It is a block away from OCCC.
Inmates assigned to Laumaka are either actively seeking employment or working in the community.
