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Girl, 16, critically injured with pickup truck overturns

A 16-year-old Maui girl suffered critical injuries after she was ejected from the rear seat of a pickup truck that overturned in Makawao Monday. 

Maui police said the 18-year-old man driving a Toyota Tundra truck was heading north on Makani Road at 10:54 p.m. Monday when he lost control of the truck around a turn near Pau Hana Road and overturned on the roadway, ejecting two of its rear seat passengers. 

Paramedics took a 16-year-old girl, who was ejected from the rear seat, to the Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition. Another 16-year-old girl, also ejected from the rear seat, suffered minor injuries. 

The 18-year-old year old driver, and a 17-year-0ld girl in the rear seat were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. 

An 18-year-old man in the passenger seat was uninjured. 

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