LIHUE — A 25-year-old Lihue man died as the result of a one-vehicle crash near the Kauai Museum early Friday. According to Kauai Police Department, Rico Yap, of Lihue, was the driver of a Toyota pickup truck that was traveling
LIHUE — A 25-year-old Lihue man died as the result of a one-vehicle crash near the Kauai Museum early Friday.
According to Kauai Police Department, Rico Yap, of Lihue, was the driver of a Toyota pickup truck that was traveling west on Rice Street about 3:50 a.m. The vehicle drifted off the roadway and sideswiped a utility pole at the corner of Rice and Eiwa Street, before striking another utility pole fronting the Kauai Museum.
Yap was transported to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. There were no other passengers in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Police closed Rice Street, between Haleko Road and Umi Street, for roughly three hours for an investigation and clear the roadway of debris. Rice Street was reopened in both directions at 7 a.m.,
Police are considering possible factors in the crash as speed, alcohol or other drugs and the investigation is ongoing.
This is the second traffic fatality in Kauai in 2014.
