Victim in hit-and-run moped accident dies of injuries
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A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and failing to render aid in the fatal hit-and-run crash. He was later released pending investigation.
A 32-year-old man died from injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run crash in the Ala Moana area.
Paul I. Andrews of Honolulu died May 29 of blunt impact to the head in the collision with a Volkswagen car two days earlier.
At about 12:05 a.m. on May 27, police said Andrews was traveling Diamond Head-bound on Kapiolani Boulevard on a moped when a Volkswagen operated by a 46-year-old man made a left turn onto Atkinson Drive, directly in the path of Andrews.
He was thrown from his moped in the collision. Police said he was taken to a hospital in critical condition where he died.
The Volkswagen driver fled the scene but police located him later that day.
Police arrested the 46-year-old man on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and failing to render aid.
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He was released pending investigation.
