Speed may be factor in man’s critical crash

Maui police say a 30-year-old Wai­luku man may have been speeding when he lost control of his car on Hana Highway in Haiku on Monday night and hit a utility pole.

The driver was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after the accident, which occurred just before 10 p.m.

Police said the victim was driving alone in a 1997 Cadillac four-door sedan traveling north on Hana Highway when he lost control of his car, crossed the centerline and hit a utility pole north of Holo­kai Road.

After hitting the pole, the car continued northbound within the embankment along the southbound lane, striking a cluster of mailboxes, and then hit a second utility pole.

Male suspect still at large in Pahoa theft

Hawaii County police are asking the public to help identify a man wanted for theft in Pahoa.

The incident took place in a market, where the 56-year-old victim briefly put down his wallet and a man grabbed it.

The man is described as Caucasian, possibly in his late 50s, with a medium build.

Police ask anyone with information on his identity or whereabouts to call the Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311.