Highway by Waimea Bay reopens after utility pole fire
This Google Maps screenshot shows the traffic flow near Waimea Bay this morning after a section of Kamehameha Highway was closed due to a burning utility pole.
Police for the second time this morning have reopened all lanes of Kamehameha Highway near Waimea Bay, this time after a burning utility pole closed the roadway for an hour.
The section of highway between Waimea Beach Park and Laniakea Beach Park was closed around 9:20 a.m. and repopened around 10:27 a.m.
Kamehameha Highway had been closed earlier this morning for about an hour and a half starting at 7:30 a.m. after a head-on collision near Sts. Peter & Paul Mission near Waimea Bay Beach Park. Two people were taken to the hospital, but the conditions of the male and female drivers were not immediately available.
There were no immediate reports of damage to vehicles or serious injuries due to the burning pole. Fire and Hawaiian Electric crews were at the scene.
