Alleged drunk driver arrested after hit-and-run pedestrian accident
A 27-year-old woman is in the hospital with internal injuries and a Kalihi man is in custody after he allegedly hit the woman with his car and ran away from the accident scene Wednesday.
Police said the incident occurred on Rose Street at 10:20 a.m. when a 53-year-old Kalihi man driving a 2013 Toyota sedan struck the woman and hit four parked cars on the shoulder of the road.
Witnesses said the suspect then ran from the scene.
However, police were able to track him down and arrested him at his home near the scene of the accident on suspicion of first-degree negligent injury, failure to render aid and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.
Paramedics took the woman to the hospital in serious condition.