Officer injured after hit-and-run in Punchbowl area
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Police marked the roads on School St. and Lusitana St. in Punchbowl where an officer was hit
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Police left a note that a report was made on this damaged vehicle.
Honolulu police have opened an attempted murder investigation after an officer was struck by a driver of a stolen vehicle who fled the scene early Sunday morning.
It happened in the Punchbowl area on Lusitana Street between Puowaina Drive and Huali Street at about 2:20 a.m.
Officers stopped the suspect for driving a stolen vehicle when the driver struck the officer and drove away.
Paramedics took the 30-year-old officer to the hospital in serious condition.
Police reopened Lusitana Street by about 4:30 a.m.
