Chain-reaction crash in Ewa injures 8
Eight people were injured, one critically, in a four-vehicle crash at Fort Weaver Road and Kolowaka Drive on Friday morning.
The city Department of Emergency Services said four people were taken in serious condition to a hospital.
Police said a 76-year-old woman was later listed in critical condition.
The crash involved four vehicles traveling south on Fort Weaver Road at about 10:30 a.m., police said. Three vehicles were stopped at a red light when a fourth rear-ended the last car, triggering a chain-reaction pileup, police said.
The other three people hospitalized in serious condition were women age 33, 34 and 69, Emergency Services said.
Also hospitalized, in stable condition, were two girls, ages 6 and 4, and a 19-month-old boy, the department said. The eighth victim, a man of unknown age, was hospitalized in stable condition.
Vandalism closes archery facility
The city closed the Puu o Kapolei Archery Range in Kapolei indefinitely after vandals damaged several bales and targets.
The vandalism apparently occurred over the Christmas holiday and was discovered Friday morning, said Sheila Wensel, recreation supervisor with the Department of Parks and Recreation.
The facility, formerly known as the Fort Barrette Archery Range, is maintained by the Bushwackers Archery Club of Kapolei.
Wensel did not know when the facility will reopen.
Brush fire burns 1.5 acres on Maui
Flames as high as 40 feet from a brush fire threatened homes in Haiku early Friday morning, Maui firefighters said.
No property was damaged and no injuries were reported.
The fire broke out at 3:29 a.m. near North Holokai Road. The fire burned about 1.5 acres before crews from Paia, Makawao and Kahului contained it by 4 a.m. It was declared extinguished at 4:43 a.m.
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Man indicted in try at killing Japanese visitor
A Kauai grand jury indicted a 37-year-old homeless man Thursday with attempted murder for allegedly pushing a visitor from Japan off a cliff near Kalalau Beach.
Meanwhile, suspect Justin Wynn Klein remained at large Friday, and the Kauai Police Department asked the public for help finding him.
A witness reported seeing Klein push the woman from a cliff Dec. 16. She fell about 15 feet and was admitted to Wilcox Hospital in critical condition. She was released from the hospital Thursday.
The victim, 31, is a visitor from Japan who was camping in the Kalalau Valley, the Kauai prosecutor’s office said.
Klein is described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, with a brown mohawk, possibly a moustache and a beard, and a tribal band tattoo on his left arm.
He is considered dangerous and should not be approached, police said. Anyone with information on Klein’s whereabouts is urged to call Kauai police at 241-1711.
