Makawao teen injured in crash
A 16-year-old Makawao girl was injured in a near-fatal collision in a single vehicle crash on Tuesday in Kahului, Maui police said in a news release.
Wailuku police officers investigated at about 1 p.m. Tuesday a crash involving a red 2014 Nissan Frontier pickup on Hansen Road just north of Pulehu Road.
The pickup was heading north on Hansen Road when the driver failed to negotiate a left bend in the roadway, and collided into a utility pole on the northbound shoulder, police said.
The 16 year-old girl, a backseat passenger, received life-threatening injuries.
Police said the driver and the passenger seated in front were identified as juvenile males from Kahului and Kihei respectively.