Police arrest driver after man, 76, fatally struck in Kakaako crosswalk
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A 76-year-old man was fatally struck by a tour bus at Cooke and Auahi streets in Kakaako tonight. Police officers conducted an investigation at the crosswalk and at the tour bus further up Cooke Street.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Police officers erect a privacy tent over the victim’s body as they continued their investigation at the scene.
MICHAEL TSAI / MTSAI@STARADVERTISER.COM
Riders wait in an Oli Oli tour bus that was involved in a fatal pedestrian accident today.
Honolulu police arrested the driver of a tourist trolley after a 76-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck this afternoon on the corner of Auahi and Cooke streets in Kakaako.
Police said that at about 3:49 p.m. the male driver of a trolley with five or six passengers was turning north onto Cooke from Auahi when he struck a Honolulu resident who was in a crosswalk on Cooke. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver refused a field sobriety test and was arrested for suspicion of first-degree negligent homicide and driving under the influence of an intoxicant, according to police.
Police said they believed alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in the accident based on officers’ observations of the driver.
The intersection was closed until about 6 p.m. as police investigated.
