An arrest warrant was issued for a man accused of driving drunk last year when he lost control of his car and slammed into a concrete barrier, killing his passenger.

Jacob Kono was indicted by an O'ahu grand jury on Tuesday on a single count of first-degree negligent homicide.

Prosecutors accuse Kono of speeding and driving while under the influence of alcohol on April 9, 2006.

The grand jury heard testimony and viewed evidence that Kono had been drinking all night and was legally impaired on the morning of the accident.

Kono was driving and Urubano Sandy of Honolulu, 26, was the passenger in Kono's Jeep Cherokee that flipped over a retaining wall on the H-1 Freeway's airport viaduct and fell about 30 feet to the ground.

Police said the Jeep was headed east about 7:20 a.m. when Kono lost control, hit the concrete wall along the right shoulder and ended up on a grassy traffic island at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Middle Street, just before the on-ramp to the H-1's westbound lanes.

Police said speed and alcohol contributed to the crash.

At the time of the accident, Kono was taken to The Queen's Medical Center and was listed in critical condition.

Kono is not yet in custody.

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