Medical examiner IDs skateboarder who died after hit by Jeep in Kalihi
The Medical Examiner’s office has identified the 23-year-old skateboarder who died Thursday from injuries he received when he was struck by a car in a busy Kalihi intersection as Kealii Peters-Pasigan.
The 23-year-old driver of a 2015 Jeep Wrangler was traveling south on Liliha Street and had the green light when Peters-Pasigan crossed in front of him Tuesday afternoon. The skateboarder, who was heading east, was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition. He died at the hospital on Thursday.
Police said the accident at North King and Liliha streets occurred at 5:32 p.m.
An autopsy was held to determine cause and manner of death.
15 responses to “Medical examiner IDs skateboarder who died after hit by Jeep in Kalihi”
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Got be careful out there. No second chances.
Yep yep. I wonder if these kind of young people are plugged into their devices when they ride skateboard, bike, whatever and disregard the rules of the streets. Skater going against a light? What was he thinking? RIP.
Yes, And I love people who are looking at their cellphones or texting when they cross the street with their eyes down. On the sidewalk, they run into you. THEY ARE UNCONSCIOUS ZOMBIES.
Kids walking towards me staring at the phone. Hope they are not waiting for me to yield to them.
It is a noisy, dangerous, lawless sport. Please…ban this danger.
Why does,allie, want to allow one person to ruin it for everyone else?
Always dismount from skateboards, bicycles and scooters prior to entering a crosswalk. As a driver, I always encounter these people darting in the crosswalk with a lot of close calls. RIP
Nobody’s going to listen to you. Chance ’em, brah.
Hey haven’t you seen the separate green lanes taking up lanes on our road. These apparently mean bicyclist have the right of way to go as fast as they can through the intersection. Good thing, there aren’t very many! Now, they want two bike lanes on each street going in opposite directions. Car drivers may as well give up!
Sad to see someone die so young. As a pedestrian I’m often dodging skateboarders, bikers, Segways, and even the occasional moped on sidewalks. I’ve seen kids doing crazy things in intersections – but they never seem to learn.
What do you mean? These all drive down the middle of the road, particularly skateboards.
Absolutely no surprise a skateboarder hit a car and died. Many skateboarders on Oahu have been recklessly riding night or day on streets and roads, blasting through intersections red or green light, with walk or no walk signs. The reason they are reckless is they want to maintain their board speed on the road for maximum ‘fun’. They cannot do that if they use the sidewalk and abide by the walk signals. Nothing more to say other than Darwinian forces at work here.
I’ve seen skateboarders riding with headphones in their ears, probably blasting music, all the while oblivious to any cars or trucks on the road, riding down the middle of busy streets and intersections–they can’t even hear when someone honks their horns at them to get out of the road.
A senseless tragedy that probably left the driver traumatized and a family mourning for the loss of a member of their Ohana! Sad!
Skateboarders go down Roundtop and Tantalus roads daily. Police need to site and give names to media so no further deaths and accidents can be prevented.