By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
The suspect in the hit-and-run accident that killed Carl Viti leaves the
Wahiawa police station. He hid his face with a shirt to block photos.

He was booked for investigation of failure to render aid and negligent homicide, but no immediate charges were filed. Police hope to seek a grand jury indictment.

The suspect turned himself in at the Wahiawa police station at 8 a.m. yesterday.

Evidence specialists were expected to go over the car police recovered from a ravine near the Helemano Military Reservation outside Wahiawa "with a fine-toothed comb," said traffic Sgt. David Talon today. Police are also waiting for witnesses who are off-island to return and positively identify the suspect.

The car was taken to the Honolulu police station and impounded there. It was extricated from a brushy area. Recent heavy rains made recovery difficult, police said.

Viti, 52, was struck from behind while bicycling on Kamehameha Highway across Wheeler Army Air Field Nov. 3 by a motorist who stopped momentarily. The motorist left after telling other motorists who also stopped that he was going for help. He never returned.