Cardwell to command Pacific reservists
Army Reserve Col. John E. Cardwell will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general and will become the new commander of 9th Mission Support Command, which is in charge of 3,500 reservists in the Pacific, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
Cardwell has been acting commander of the Army Reserve Pacific headquarters at Fort Shafter since January. He replaced Brig. Gen. Michelle G. Compton, who served for 31 months.
Besides 3,500 Army Reserve soldiers, Cardwell’s command includes 160 civilians throughout the Pacific, including Hawaii, Alaska, American Samoa, Japan, Korea, Guam and Saipan.
Cardwell is a native of Tennessee and graduated from the University of Tennessee on an ROTC scholarship in 1984.
Man wandering in traffic killed by water truck
A water truck hit and killed a man wandering Friday night down a dark stretch of Highway 11 on Hawaii island.
Hawaii County police and firefighters responded to a 7:40 p.m. call of a man wandering through traffic in the Volcano district.
When they got there, the man was lying dead in the middle of the two-lane road, according to Hawaii County fire officials.
The accident occurred near the highway’s 20.5-mile marker. The road was closed in both directions while police investigated.
Police and firefighters arrived at 7:53 p.m. Paramedics started CPR and took the man, estimated to be between 45 and 65, to Hilo Medical Center, but he remained unresponsive, fire officials said. The truck stopped and remained at the scene.
Driver thrown from vehicle remains critical
A 20-year-old man was critically injured Friday night when his black Toyota pickup crashed in Paia.
Maui police said the truck was heading north on Baldwin Avenue near Holomua Road at 9:31 p.m., when it went off the road, up an embankment, spun clockwise and went back onto the road.
The driver was thrown from the vehicle and was taken in critical condition with life-threatening injuries to the Maui Memorial Medical Center, where he remains hospitalized, police said.
Police said he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
