A woman was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition Thursday morning after she was struck by a delivery truck next to the hospital, police said.
At 6:03 a.m., police said, a Pepsi delivery truck carrying a pallet of canned beverages was backing up on Miller Street when the vehicle struck the woman, 59, who was on the roadway at the time.
The woman was believed to initially be in a wheelchair that belongs to the hospital, police said. The wheelchair was on the sidewalk near the ambulance entrance of the hospital’s emergency room at the time of the accident.
It’s unclear at this time how the woman got on the roadway.
There were personal items on the seat of the wheelchair and in a clear plastic bag tied to the one of the handles.
A Pepsi representative at the scene declined to comment due to the investigation.
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Big Island man charged with manslaughter
A 31-year-old Mountain View man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 49-year-old Hilo man.
Police charged Kallen Imade on Wednesday night in connection with the death of Alfred Vea.
Imade was being held in the Hilo police cellblock. His bail was set at $250,000.
At 11:30 a.m. Saturday police responded to a report of an unconscious man in a parking lot on the 100 block of Hema Street. Witnesses told police that the two men were involved in an altercation and Imade had left the scene.
Vea was taken to Hilo Medical Center with a head injury. He was later flown to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition.
Imade turned himself in to police Tuesday morning and was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Police said Vea was pronounced dead at 10:34 a.m. Wednesday.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Hawaii Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Grant Todd at 961-2385 or grant.todd@hawaiicounty.gov.
Resident escapes Kihei house fire
An occupant of a two-story Kihei house that was damaged by fire got out safely Thursday afternoon.
Maui firefighters from Kihei, Wailea and Kahului responded to the 3:08 p.m. fire at a house on Kawailani Circle.
Flames were coming from the first floor when the first crews arrived at 3:15 p.m., said Maui Fire Department spokesman Edward Taomoto in an email.
No damage estimates or cause were available at press time.
