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By Star-Bulletin Staff

BARRY MARKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BULLETIN

A truck flew off an embankment onto the beach fronting the Crouching Lion Restaurant around 7:45 p.m. last night. HPD witnesses said the truck was involved in a hit-and-run collision near Kaaawa Elementary School moments before.

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EAST OAHU

Fatal accident snarls Kalanianaole traffic

Traffic on the Kalanianaole Highway between Waimanalo and Hawaii Kai was halted for several hours yesterday while police investigated an accident that killed two and injured six people near Kaiona Beach Park in Waimanalo, police reported.

Four men were in guarded condition at Queen's and a man and a woman were in guarded condition at Castle, hospital spokespeople said.

Police couldn't confirm yesterday how many vehicles were involved in the 7:08 p.m. accident. Traffic that would have rounded Makapuu Point was turned back at Kealahou Street on the Hawaii Kai side and at Bell Street on the Waimanalo side.

LEEWARD OAHU

Woman, 41, dies after being hit by a car

A 41-year-old woman died from injuries after being struck by a car on Farrington Highway yesterday afternoon, Honolulu Police Traffic Sgt. William Baldwin reported.

The woman got off a city bus on the south side of Farrington Highway at 1:10 p.m. and was crossing the street to the north on a diagonal, outside of a crosswalk, when she was struck by a 1988 Acura Integra driven by a 22-year-old Waipahu woman, police said.

The accident was about 170 feet east of Waiawa Road, near Leeward Community College.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at Pali Momi Hospital at 1:53 p.m. The driver of the Integra and her passengers -- a 26-year-old man and two infants -- were unharmed; all were wearing seatbelts or child restraints.

The driver, who was in the northernmost lane of Farrington Highway, attempted to avoid the woman, but the woman apparently was trying to beat the car, Baldwin said.

Alcohol and speed don't appear to be factors in the accident. The death is the seventh traffic fatality on Oahu this year, compared to 10 at this time last year.