LIHU‘E — An 18-year-old Kapa‘a woman suffered serious injuries in a one-car crash in Wailua Thursday night, and was airlifted to The Queen’s Medical Center, states a county press release. Another passenger, a 17-year-old male juvenile, sustained minor abrasions and
LIHU‘E — An 18-year-old Kapa‘a woman suffered serious injuries in a one-car crash in Wailua Thursday night, and was airlifted to The Queen’s Medical Center, states a county press release.
Another passenger, a 17-year-old male juvenile, sustained minor abrasions and declined medical treatment at the scene.
The 19-year-old male driver from Kilauea was treated at Wilcox Memorial Hospital and released.
The Kaua‘i Police Department preliminary report indicates a black Acura was westbound on Olohena Road in Wailua Homesteads at around 10:40 p.m. when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, which climbed an embankment and crashed into some trees.
Speed may have been a factor, states the release.
According to KPD statistics, for the first six months of this year there were 113 traffic accidents involving injuries, compared to 142 for the same period in 2009.
There were 24 injury accidents in June, with 18 of them in the Lihu‘e and Kawaihau (Kapa‘a) districts.
