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Police have opened a negligent injury investigation after a 60-year-old man in a wheelchair was hit Tuesday while crossing South King Street in Moiliili . He was not in a crosswalk.
Police said the accident occurred at 8:18 p.m. The victim was hit by a car driven by a 50-year-old woman, police said.
The driver was making a left turn on South King Street from the Longs Drugs parking lot near Hausten Street. The pedestrian was heading mauka on South King Street.
The man was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition. The driver of the car was not injured.
Search on for missing furlough inmate
Law enforcement officers are looking for work furlough inmate Jerone Batalona, who failed to return to the Laumaka Work Furlough Center on Tuesday evening.
Batalona left Tuesday morning on a job-seeking pass and was scheduled to return by 5 p.m.
Batalona was serving time for second-degree robbery. His next parole hearing was scheduled for March 2016.
Batalona, 41, is classified as being in community custody, which is the lowest custody level. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 182 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes.
Police apprehend woman in stolen truck
A Hawaii island woman caught driving a stolen pickup truck was arrested and charged Tuesday.
The woman, 23-year-old Ashley Grammer of Pahoa, was charged in connection with the stolen vehicle as well as with possession of suspected crystal methamphetamine that was inside the pickup. Her bail was set at $2,500.
The Toyota Tacoma was stolen from a parking lot on Old Volcano Road on Aug. 25. Grammer was driving it when she was stopped on two bench warrants for contempt of court, police said.
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