Roadway mayhem over the weekend leaves 3 dead, 1 critically injured
ROB SHIKINA / RSHIKINA@STARADVERTISER.COM
A small memorial with flowers sat next to a toppled sign Sunday in the 99-360 block of Aiea Heights Drive where a yard worker was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver Saturday.
Honolulu police were searching today for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash, part of roadway mayhem that left three people dead and one critically injured over the weekend.
About 3:45 p.m. Saturday, a person driving a silver Honda CR-V north on Aiea Heights Drive, veered off the road and struck a Kalihi man doing yard work along the sidewalk, police said. The man was taken in critical condition to a hospital, where he died.
The driver fled the scene. Anyone with information about the driver or the location of the vehicle with a license plate number RZA-904 is asked to call police.
A man whose name was on a traffic citation with the same license plate number in May said he owns a Mitsubishi and declined further comment.
Late Saturday, a 53-year-old Waianae woman was killed after she crashed into a power pole on a deadly stretch of Waianae Valley Road. Police said excessive speed, alcohol and drugs appear to be factors in the crash, which happened about 200 feet north of Plantation Road at about 11:30 p.m.
Police said the woman was driving south when she lost control, drove onto the right dirt shoulder and crashed. She died at the scene.
In December, 19-year-old Harvey Hashimoto died along the same stretch of roadway, about a block south of Saturday’s crash. Police said he was lost control while traveling south, hit an oncoming vehicle, and severed a utility pole.
Residents have said that stretch of roadway has been the site of numerous crashes and another fatality several years before Hashimoto.
A Waianae Valley Road resident, who declined to give her name, said she was unaware the crash happened until after she noticed motors running for several minutes and looked out her window to see emergency responders already at the scene.
The resident said the stretch of roadway can be dangerous because there is no painted center line and the slight curve in the road can cause inattentive drivers to lose control.
She was the 31st traffic fatality on Oahu this year, compared to 30 at this time last year.
Also on Saturday, a man was killed in West Maui after losing control in a single-truck crash on Honoapiilani Highway.
The man was driving an F-150 pickup south on the highway when he lost control, collided with a guardrail, traveled across the on-coming lane and slammed into a second guardrail, Maui police said.
The truck overturned and landed on the driver, the only person in the truck. He died at the scene. Police said he was not wearing a seatbelt.
The crash happened about 9:30 p.m. in front of Olowalu Store.
It was the 11th traffic fatality this year in Maui compared to 15 at this time last year.
Today, a man in his 50s was in critical condition after he crashed into a pole near Kapolei Parkway and Kualakai Parkway at about 5:30 a.m. He was ejected from his truck and taken to the hospital, an Emergency Medical Services report said.
None of the victims have been identified.
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The hit and run driver–no class, no aloha. You left a man to die on the side of the road. It could have been your grandfather, dad, uncle or son. Would you want someone to do the same to your loved one? Do the right thing, man up and turn yourself in.
Well said.
Anyone who hit & run should be charged with a felony & 5years in jail minimum.
I used to live on Waianae Valley Rd. People always fly up and down that road when they should be going 20mph. People need to follow the traffic laws. They are there for a reason.
People don’t care who are on drugs and drunk.
that’s waianae..they don’t know how for follow rules there
I drive on that road for business. Never fails that some knuckle dragger needs to pass me even though I am going at or above the speed limit. Some people say bring back the van cams. I agree. As long as they are placed in residential and rural streets where the posted speed limit is 25 MPH. No need to be flying down the road at 50.
Cant they just look up the license and catch the person at home?
The vehicle was probably stolen or the driver was either drunk, drugged up or has a drugs/drug parnaphenelia or weapon in the vehicle.
Hmm…they post the license plate. What would be the logical next step. Condolences to the ohana of the man just taking care of his lawn.
Actually that man who died was helping out an elderly lady clean her yard. Out of his kind heart he was doing a very good deed.
So I wish the driver of the SUV come forward and do a good deed too so that the family can have some peace.
Does reckless speeding means they have small hands?
Auwe. Whatever happened to the aloha spirit?
Drivers with attitude problems may be the cause of many of the accidents. We all have attitude problems, some more pronounced than others. There is a mysterious id that takes over a person when he is behind the wheel. He imagines the power it bestows upon him and feels superior to others in how to operate the the beast! Automobile manufacturers have increased the horsepower of passenger cars unnecessarily. Really do we need all the horsepower just to transport self, passenger or small loads, commercial/construction vehicle excepted?
quite true. But it would seem to be easy to find the man who hit the fellow on Aiea Heights if we have the plate number. Unless it was a stolen car?
Wondering what kind of punishment that hit and run driver will face. Probably not much, or anything at all if they can’t place him/her behind the wheel. Another reason why all reckless drivers deserve death so that they can’t hurt anyone else. At least the two other vermin that were exterminated on the roads this weekend won’t be able to endanger any more lives with their selfishness.
hola morimotosan, good point!
The City should place a couple of speed bumps on Waianae Road, to remind drivers its a residential area, so slow down.
Place a lot of speed bumps on that road and many others. Seeing how people typically drive on roads marked as 25 MPH, I have to wonder if many drivers are dyslexic and read that as 52 MPH.