Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 1996
Kiewit Pacific Co. said yesterday that heat caused one girder to bow out, hitting another girder, which triggered a "domino effect."
Three additional girders then collapsed and the section of freeway fell, injuring four workers.
State Transportation Director Kazu Hayashida said construction of the freeway is expected to resume shortly in North Halawa Valley after it was halted for more than two weeks.
The controversial $1.37 billion highway project, which runs from Pearl Harbor to Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, in Kaneohe, has claimed two lives to date.
He also didn't tell them who he was meeting Monday afternoon, when his body was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the edge of a gravel road near the Keaau athletic park.
Police say they have made little progress in learning who shot and killed Guerrero, 17. No motive for the killing was immediately apparent.
"That Mexicans are heavily involved in drug trafficking in the state" and have been for the last several years, said Maj. Michael Carvalho, head of the Honolulu Police Department's Narcotics/Vice Division. And they haven't limited themselves to cocaine, but also are trafficking in methamphetamines, black tar heroin and marijuana, he said.
Three men arrested Friday at Honolulu Airport face a minimum mandatory of 10 years in a federal prison if convicted. Jose Rodolfo Ayon-Meza, 26, his brother Alcadio Ayon-Meza, 23, and Guillermo Barrera-Galvan, 31, are charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of cocaine.
He suffered numerous facial and head injuries and was rushed to Queen's Hospital, police said.
A passer-by called 911 after hearing screams on Mango Street about 12:45 a.m. Officers found an injured man dressed in women's clothing, his purse missing. His attacker was believed to have fled in a red car.
car accident on Mamalahoa Highway 16 miles north of Kailua-Kona, police said.
About 12:30 p.m. yesterday, a Kona woman driving an Isuzu Trooper crossed the center line at Puuanahulu and ran head on into a Geo Metro driven by a 57-year-old California woman.
The California woman was killed, and her 59-year-old husband was flown to Kona Hospital in critical condition. He was transferred to Queen's Hospital last night. The first driver, Jennifer Zukeran-Kerr, 43, of Kailua-Kona, was in guarded condition today in Kona Hospital.
As the cars collided, a station wagon following the Metro struck it in the rear. The driver, Jeremy Gooding, 25, of Hilo, suffered no injuries.
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