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UPDATE: 1:50 p.m.
The teenage girl killed in a hit-and-run on Kapiolani Boulevard this morning was a student at McKinley High School.
Principal Ron Okamura sent a letter to parents and guardians concerning the student’s death.
“On behalf of our entire McKinley High School ohana, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of this student, including our faculty and students who knew the student,” Okamura said in the letter.
The school’s crisis intervention team is available to support students, parents and school personnel.
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10:45 a.m.
The juvenile female pedestrian who was critically injured this morning after a vehicle struck her and another teen in a hit-and-run collision in Kakaako has died.
The collision occurred at the Kapiolani Boulevard and Kamakee Street intersection just after 6:40 a.m.
Acting Maj. Stason Tanaka of the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division said the pedestrians were crossing Kapiolani Boulevard in a marked crosswalk when a silver pickup truck traveling westbound on the road struck them.
The truck fled without rendering aid, police said.
Police later located the pickup truck, unoccupied, about a few blocks away from the scene. Police have yet to locate the driver.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services personnel treated the two teenage girls. One was taken in critical condition to a hospital and later died, Tanaka said at a news briefing held at the main police headquarters. The other pedestrian was taken in good condition to a hospital.
Speed appears to be a factor in the collision, Tanaka said.
This is the seventh traffic related collision that occurred on Oahu. The same number of traffic fatalities occurred at the same time last year.
Police are continuing their investigation. Any witnesses to today’s fatal hit-and-run are urged to call HPD’s traffic division at 808-723-3413.
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Two teenage pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in Kakaako today, the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said.
Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the area of Kapiolani Boulevard and Kamakee Street at about 6:40 a.m.
EMS treated both pedestrians. One was taken in critical condition to a hospital and the other was taken in stable condition.
Honolulu police have closed Kapiolani Boulevard in both directions between Kamakee Street and Ward Avenue to investigate.
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