A pedestrian died from her injuries after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Farrington Highway near Puhano Road on Sunday night. The driver was a 60-year-old Waianae man.
Paramedics took the woman, believed to be in her 40s or 50s, in critical condition to the hospital following the accident at about 10 p.m., according to an Emergency Medical Services report.
Police said she died at the hospital. She had not been identified as of Monday afternoon.
Police said she had not been in a marked crosswalk. Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash.
The accident is Oahu’s 27th traffic fatality this year, the same number of traffic deaths at this time last year.
The death came just days after community members and officials met Thursday to discuss ways of improving pedestrian safety on Farrington Highway, following two deaths in the last three months.
On April 24 Kaulana Werner, a 19-year-old former Kamehameha Schools wide receiver, was killed when he was struck by a vehicle along Farrington Highway near Laumania Avenue in Nanakuli.
Robert Sadamaru, 79, died May 28 after he was hit by a truck while in a crosswalk on Farrington Highway near Old Government Road.
Some residents suggested installing better lighting, repainting signs and road lines, and educating drivers and pedestrians to help decrease the number of pedestrian deaths across the Waianae Coast.
Others said eliminating some crosswalks not located at traffic signals, relocating some bus stops, providing flags for people to wave while crossing the highway, installing red-light cameras and stepping up police presence and enforcement would also help to make Farrington Highway safer.
