HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Kane'ohe man crashes into pole
Advertiser Staff
A 62-year-old Kane'ohe man was critically injured early yesterday in a single-car crash near Waialua on Kaukonahua Road, 1.4 miles south of Poamoho Street.
Police traffic investigators said the man was traveling toward the North Shore on Kaukonahua Road when he lost control of his 2001 Ford Taurus sedan, veered to the left side of the roadway and struck a utility pole at 6:05 a.m., police said.
He was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital with critical head and multiple body injuries. The man was later transferred in "extremely critical" condition to The Queen's Medical Center, said police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. John Agno.
It appeared the driver had been speeding, police said. The incident forced the closure of Kaukonahua Road until 9:06 a.m.
KAPOLEI
FUEL PUMPED OUT OF STOLEN TRUCK
Police yesterday arrested a 46-year-old Wai'anae man for questioning in connection with the theft of a fuel truck at Campbell Industrial Park.
An employee of Hawaii Logistic Services allegedly saw the man drive off in the truck and followed him to an unnamed location before calling police at 12:20 a.m. yesterday. Responding officers found the man pumping diesel fuel from the truck into an industrial petroleum tank.
Police said 129 gallons of diesel fuel, which sells for $3.58 a gallon, had been pumped into the tank.
DOWNTOWN
CAR HIT BY SUV PLUNGES 40 FEET
An unoccupied car fell 40 feet from a fifth-floor parking garage to the sidewalk along Hotel Street early yesterday morning after it was hit by an SUV in the Executive Centre parking garage, police said.
No one was injured after a 2003 Toyota 4Runner hit a 2006 Chevy Malibu, pushing it through the parking garage railing. The Malibu landed upside down. Police said the Toyota's driver dozed off, failed to make the turn and hit the parked car at 4:50 a.m.
NANAKULI
HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM IDENTIFIED
The medical examiner's office has identified the 44-year-old bicyclist killed last Monday in a hit-and-run collision in Nanakuli as Martin Bux of Wai'anae.
The collision occurred at 1:20 a.m. on Farrington Highway west of Akowai Road.
'AIEA
FIGHT LEAVES 2 MEN INJURED
Two men were injured, one seriously, in an apparent fight last night near 99-140 Kulina St., an official said.
A 25-year-old man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center with trauma injuries, Emergency Medical Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said. He was in serious but stable condition. Another man had a minor puncture wound to a shoulder, Cheplic said.
KAUA'I
WAREHOUSE HAS CHEMICAL LEAK
Hazardous materials specialists from Pacific Environmental Corp. yesterday were dealing with a chemical leak in a Lihu'e Industrial Park II warehouse.
The chemical, methyltrichlorosilane is a highly flammable substance. It is poisonous when inhaled, with the potential for vapor explosion indoors.
Kaua'i County spokeswoman Mary Daubert yesterday said PENCO personnel tested the air quality in the Trex Hawai'i warehouse Saturday night and determined that the level of contamination was low enough to allow a team to enter the bunker at midnight to turn off the valves on four storage tanks.
The PENCO team re-entered the bunker yesterday morning and disconnected all of the storage tanks.
The leak occurred Saturday at 8:30 a.m. during the transfer of methyltrichlorosilane from a storage tank to a processing tank. Dave Kane, vice president of Trex Hawai'i's Kaua'i operations, said the tank sprang a leak due to a faulty valve on the storage tank, Daubert said.
