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POSTED: Sunday, January 31, 2010

Slippery road causes 4-car collision in tunnel

Traffic piled up on Likelike Highway early yesterday after four cars collided in the Kaneohe-bound Wilson Tunnel, just before the tunnel exit, because of the slippery road, police said.

One vehicle stalled and others stopped to avoid a collision, but some couldn't stop in time because of slippery conditions, according to a Kaneohe police report.

Police escorted tow wagons to the scene because of snarled traffic after the accident, which occurred about 8 a.m. Traffic was reported cleared by about 10 a.m.

60-year-old arrested in attack with hammer

Police arrested a 60-year-old man Friday for allegedly hitting a 67-year-old man with a hammer and threatening to kill him.

The Aiea man damaged the older man's forklift with the hammer and then hit him with the weapon at about 4:30 p.m. Friday, police said.

The suspect also threatened to kill the older man and a 51-year-old man, police said.

Police seek 4 men who allegedly beat woman

Police are asking for the public's help in finding four men who may have beat an elderly woman and burglarized her home in Waianae.

Police said a man approached the 69-year-old woman Tuesday at her home on Hookele Street at about 12:43 p.m. The man asked if Ryan was home, the woman told police.

The woman said she didn't know Ryan and then later woke up in her living room with injuries to her face. She couldn't recall what happened, police said.

A witness saw four males running on the street.

All the men were described as in their 20s. The first man is between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 135 to 140 pounds, and wore a gray hoodie with blue pants. The second man is 5 feet 10 to 6 feet tall, weighs 180 to 200 pounds, and has short black hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt and had a tattoo on his forearm.

The third man is 5 feet 8 inches tall and 145 pounds. He wore a white T-shirt, blue denim shorts and earrings. The last suspect is between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall, and 140 pounds. He wore a black T-shirt, black baseball cap and shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME from a cell phone.