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Woman found guilty of leaving scene of fatal pedestrian accident in 2014

A state jury found a 48-year-old Waianae woman guilty this afternoon of leaving the scene a fatal pedestrian traffic accident on Farrington Highway in 2014.

Francine Marshall-Wun faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing in October.

She testified that she was driving back to where she was living at Waianae Boat Harbor about midnight on Sept. 16, 2014, with food she had bought for her two sons at Jack-In-The-Box when she felt a bump. She said she didn’t stop because when she looked in her rear-view mirror she didn’t see anything and believed she hit a pothole.

Witnesses said the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed before they heard a loud thump. After the truck left, they saw 58-year-old Robert Kapololu Jr. lying on the highway fronting the Waianae Taco Bell restaurant. An ambulance took him to Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in extremely critical condition where he later died.

Honolulu police said Kapololu may have been standing at least partially on the highway when he was hit. They located the pickup truck at the harbor and arrested Marshall-Wun for the hit-and-run and for operating a vehicle without a valid driver license.

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