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2018 May 21, photo by Craig T. Kojima Monday, May 21, 2018 Honolulu Emergency Medical Services celebrates National Emergency Medical Services Week with a proclamation by Mayor Kirk Caldwell, along with the special recognition of a Honolulu paramedic. Kazu Yamauchi, a paramedic who won Lokahi Award with ambulance.
A motorcyclist was taken to a hospital after he was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Waialua.
The crash occurred at an S-turn on Kaukonahua Road shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday.
Lt. James Slayter of the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division said a 34-year-old Waipahu man was traveling westbound on a black Yamaha motorcycle when he lost control and struck a guardrail.
Upon impact, he was thrown into a gulley in a pineapple field.
Emergency Medical Services treated and transported him in critical condition to a hospital.
His condition has been upgraded to serious condition.
Slayter said he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Speed is a possible factor. It is unknown at this time whether alcohol was involved.
The investigation is ongoing.
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