An 89-year-old Lihu’e woman was hospitalized in stable condition at Wilcox Memorial Hospital after she was struck by a vehicle as she walked by LIhu’e Neighborhood Center this morning. The woman suffered a scrape on her left leg and had
An 89-year-old Lihu’e woman was hospitalized in stable condition at Wilcox
Memorial Hospital after she was struck by a vehicle as she walked by LIhu’e
Neighborhood Center this morning.
The woman suffered a scrape on her left
leg and had difficulty breathing after the vehicle struck her on Noi Street
shortly after 7 a.m. and stopped, according to acting fire Kaua’i Fire
Department Capt. Gordon Tamura.
The identity of the driver was not
available.
Responding firefighters from the Lihu’e Fire Station checked
out the woman’s condition before American Medical Response paramedics
transported her to the emergency room at the hospital, Tamura said.
“She
seemed okay. There were no obvious injuries,” he said.
Staff writer
Lester Chang can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 225) and [
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