PUHI Kauai police responded to a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Hulemalu Road, east of the Puhi Road intersection.
PUHI — Kauai police responded to a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Hulemalu Road, east of the Puhi Road intersection.
A 65-year-old Puhi man was heading west on Hulemalu Road and apparently lost control of his Dodge van. According to a preliminary investigation, the van veered off the roadway, hitting an embankment, causing it to strike several trees before coming to a stop.
Kauai Fire Department Lihue firefighters and American Medical Response medics responded to the scene to provide advanced life support. Responders found the man ejected from his vehicle with severe injuries to his head, back and chest. The man was transported to Wilcox Medical Center, then later medevaced in critical condition to Queen’s Hospital.
The man’s name has not been released. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.
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