3 injured in rash of moped accidents

Three moped riders in separate incidents were injured, one of them critically, in a little more than 19 hours from Sunday to Monday afternoon.

Paramedics transported a man in his 30s in critical condition to a hospital after a moped accident Monday.

Emergency Medical Services said the man was riding a moped when the accident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. at 3252 Diamond Head Road.

The man sustained a head injury and was not wearing a helmet, Shayne Enright said.

Monday morning a 21-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in serious condition after the moped she was riding collided with a bus near the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Police said the accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. at University Avenue and Maile Way.

On Sunday a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when the moped he was operating collided with a van on Farrington Highway in Waianae.

The incident occurred around 6:20 p.m.

Paramedics transported the man to a local trauma center.