POLICE BEAT
Police release motorist in fatal Kapolei wreck
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
A 46-year-old man from Kamehameha Heights was released pending further investigation early yesterday morning after being booked for investigation of felony first-degree negligent homicide and other charges following a fatal collision Saturday.
The accident involved two Ford sport utility vehicles on the west-bound H-1 Freeway, about 600 feet west of the Farrington Highway overpass in Kapolei.
Honolulu police Sgt. Michael Brede said the 7:15 p.m. collision killed a 49-year-old man, whose vehicle collided with a Ford Expedition driven by the man who was arrested.
The collision forced the victim's vehicle to flip over after it struck a barrier.
The Expedition was forced into a guardrail and turned up on its side. The man who was arrested attempted to run away but was found nearby.
He was booked at 8:50 p.m. Saturday and released without charges at 5:50 a.m. yesterday.
Speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors, Brede said.
The Honolulu medical examiner's office did not release the identity of the man who died at the scene.
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