Driver dies after truck crashes in Waimea
A 61-year-old Kapaau woman died Friday night after a single-vehicle crash in Waimea, Hawaii island police said.
The woman was driving a 2006 Toyota pickup in the south-bound direction on Kohala Mountain Road about 2:30 p.m. Friday when she lost control, crossed the center line and hit a tree near the 9-mile marker, police said.
She was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:47 p.m.
Police have ordered an autopsy.
Suspect arrested in attack on Prada worker
Police arrested a 21-year-old man after an alleged attack on a Prada store employee in Waikiki on Saturday morning.
Police said the suspect entered the luxury retail store at 2174 Kalakaua Ave. and attacked a 49-year-old male employee for no apparent reason, with an unidentified dangerous instrument, at about 2:56 a.m.
Security officers and the victim’s co-workers intervened and disarmed the assailant, police said. The suspect fled the scene but officers, flagged down by store employees, found the suspect nearby and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree assault, police said.
The victim had minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.
The suspect lives at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, but police would not confirm whether he is a Marine.
The case is not believed to be related to a stabbing that occurred about 90 minutes later at a parking lot near Kuhio Avenue and Lewers Street. In that case, paramedics took a 25-year-old man to the hospital in serious condition about 4:30 a.m., a spokesman for the city Department of Emergency Services said. No other information was available.
Aid sought to catch Laumaka escapee
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Isaac Ariola, who escaped from Oahu Community Correctional Center’s Laumaka facility on Monday.
Police said Ariola left Laumaka at 5 a.m. by bus to his work place in Kaneohe. He was scheduled to return at 9 p.m.
When he failed to show, a second-degree escape warrant was issued.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on a cellphone. Free cellular calls are provided by AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Mobi PCS and Hawaiian Tel. The public may also send anonymous text and web tips. Text "CS808" plus a message to CRIMES (274637).
