Francis Medical Center in Liliha reported receiving a seventh woman, who was also treated and released. By afternoon all had been treated and released. I'm just amazed nobody was seriously injured," she said.įirefighters set up a triage tent on the freeway in anticipation of a large number of injured motorists.Ĭity Emergency Medical Services officials reported transporting six women, two of them pregnant, and one man to area hospitals by ambulance. Motorists trying to snake past the collisions added to an already confusing situation as those involved in the crashes exited their cars and were walking on the freeway, Tucker said. Tucker said the collisions involved a jackknifed tractor-trailer blocking two lanes of the freeway. "It was an accident that was five different accidents that happened so fast," she said. on television monitors at the city's Traffic Control Center. Tucker said she saw the first collision just past 8 a.m. Radio traffic reporter Danielle Tucker said sunlight reflecting off the rain-slicked roadway contributed to yesterday's multiple collisions. Police counted 13 separate collisions, involving 42 vehicles, on the eastbound lanes of the freeway between the Waiawa Road overpass at LCC and the Waimalu offramp. Wauke said there were more accidents farther down the freeway. Honolulu firefighters who went there to assist injured motorists reported seeing 20 vehicles involved in five separate collisions near Leeward Community College. At least a dozen people were injured, none seriously. Bryan Wauke, Pearl City District commander. Yesterday morning, it was rain and inattentive drivers that caused the 42-vehicle pileup on the H-1 freeway in Waiawa, said police Maj. Police expected the highway to be closed in both directions at least until noon today as they investigated the accident's cause. Two men and two women were transported by Medevac helicopter to Queen's Medical Center where they are in guarded condition.Ī man and a woman were taken by ambulance to Castle Medical Center in serious condition.Īnd one man went to Kahuku Hospital also by ambulance in stable condition. Some of the other injured people were in the back of the pickup. She was in a car heading toward Kaneohe that crashed head-on into a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction. The woman, believed to be in her 50s or 60s, was pinned in her car and pronounced dead at the scene. Carmel Catholic Church and the Waikane Congregational Church on Windward Oahu left one woman dead and eight other people injured. Jimmy Racpan, a Waipahu resident, observed one accident scene on the freeway yesterday from the Waiawa Road overpass.īy Nelson the second consecutive day, a multiple-car pileup brought morning drive traffic on a major Oahu roadway to a standstill.Īt about 6:10 this morning, a three-car collision on Kamehameha Highway near Our Lady of Mt. DEAN SENSUI / collisions involving more than 40 cars shut down the town-bound lanes of the H-1 freeway yesterday just after 8 a.m.
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