Man dead, another arrested in crash

A 49-year-old Waianae man died and a 23-year-old man from Kaneohe was arrested following an early morning traffic collision in Nanakuli on Saturday.

According to police, the vehicle driven by the 49-year-old man was making a left turn from Nanakuli Avenue onto Farrington Highway when it was struck by the car driven by the younger man.

The older man suffered severe head and internal injuries and was transported in critical condition to an area hospital, where he later died.

The other driver was uninjured; a 25-year-old female passenger in the car complained of abdominal pain and was taken to the hospital in good condition.

Police found alcoholic beverages in the younger man’s vehicle and arrested the driver on suspicion of first-degree negligent homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

Excessive speed and alcohol are believed to be factors on the part of the suspect.

This was the 40th traffic fatality on Oahu this year, compared to 34 at the same point last year.

2 hurt after vehicle overturns on Kauai

Two people were hurt when their Toyota multipurpose vehicle flipped and landed on its roof Friday night on Kauai.

The driver, a 19-year-old man from Koloa, was able to exit the vehicle following the crash, while his passenger, a 17-year-old girl from Hanapepe, was trapped inside. The girl was extricated from the vehicle by firefighters from the Koloa station and was then taken to Wilcox Hospital in an ambulance.

Both the driver and the passenger suffered nonlife-threatening injuries, Kauai County said by email.

The Toyota was traveling west on the inner lane of Kaumualii Highway near the Halfway Bridge Friday night when it swerved to avoid a vehicle that was merging from the outer to the inner lane. It flipped and landed on the westbound side of the roadway.

The single-car crash occurred at about 9:35 p.m.

Following the crash, the two westbound lanes were closed, and police officers directed traffic onto the eastbound lane. The westbound lanes were reopened at approximately 10:45 p.m.

Accident in tunnel snarls H-3 traffic

An accident in the Harano Tunnel blocked a Kaneohe-bound lane of the H-3 freeway Saturday afternoon, backing up traffic.

The accident was reported at about 1:16 p.m.

Police said the left lane of the freeway was blocked inside the tunnel.

Traffic camera images showed traffic backed on the freeway leading to the tunnel.

There was no immediate word on injuries or the type of accident.

2 sought in armed robbery in Kahala

Honolulu police are looking for two suspects in the robbery of a man in Kahala Friday afternoon.

Police said the incident happened on Koloa Street at about 5:28 p.m.

One man displayed a dangerous instrument and demanded money from a 47-year-old man, while a second suspect acted as a lookout, police said.

The suspects fled on foot with an unknown amount of cash, police said.

Man nabbed in Kahala slashing incident

Honolulu police arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the slashing of a 66-year-old man with a sharp object in Kahala Friday night.

Police said the younger man assaulted the older man at about 8 p.m. with an unknown sharp object, causing a deep laceration.

Officers located the suspect, who gave no local address, on Hunakai Street near Kahala Mall and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree assault at 9:20 p.m.

Police did not give an exact location of the incident and did not say how seriously the victim was injured.