HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Police probing strange car crash
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu police are investigating a bizarre accident that occurred shortly before midnight Friday in which a 16-year-old boy from Hau'ula was critically injured after he was ejected from the car he was driving.
The accident happened on Kamehameha Highway in the Kualoa area, about two miles north of Johnson Road.
Police said the speeding red 1994 Volkswagen Golf was northbound when it went out of control and skidded into a tile wall fronting one residence, spinning around and smashing into an adjacent residential tile wall.
The vehicle then slammed into a 1988 white Ford van parked on the right roadway shoulder and continued back onto the highway. At that point, police say, the vehicle's engine block dislodged and struck a 2004 silver Honda Civic parked on the opposite roadway shoulder.
The Volkswagen came to a stop after the driver, who wasn't wearing a seat belt, was ejected.
He was later taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
Police said a passenger in the Volkswagen fled the scene on foot.
Police said speed was a factor, but it was unknown if alcohol was involved.
Two other nearby residential vehicles — a 1993 white Toyota van and 1997 blue To-yota Camry — were damaged by flying tile debris.
KAUA'I
JULY FOURTH GALA MAY DRAW 10,000
LIHU'E — Kaua'i Hospice is expecting between 7,000 and 10,000 people to attend its annual fireworks and fair celebration, Concert in the Sky, scheduled from 3 to 9:30 p.m. July 4 at Vidinha Soccer Field, next to the stadium.
The event includes family games, food, a silent auction, contests and an extended aerial fireworks display. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6 to 12. Younger children enter free. At the gate, the prices are $12 and $5.
A free shuttle service will run from the Lihu'e Kmart and Kaua'i Lagoons parking lot. The hospice is still looking for volunteers to work 2 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. shifts. For information, call 245-7277.
IMPACT STATEMENT FOCUS OF MEETING
LIHU'E — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public information meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at 'Ele'ele School on its draft environmental impact statement for the Koke'e and Waimea Canyon state parks draft master plan.
"We rely heavily on the public, the end users of our facilities, to help us understand what works and does not work," said DLNR director Peter Young
The impact statement is available online at www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dsp.
