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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

HONOLULU
SUV collision kills motorcycle rider

A 20-year-old woman died Saturday after she was thrown from a motorcycle that crashed with a sport utility vehicle near the Honolulu Airport onramp.

Police said the victim was a passenger on a black Honda motorcycle operated by a 23-year-old man. They were traveling east on the H-1 viaduct at high speed in the southernmost lane about 10:55 p.m.

The SUV was driven by a 19-year-old man who attempted to change lanes into the same lane as the motorcycle, police said. The motorcycle could not avoid the SUV and rear-ended it. At impact the motorcycle flipped through the air, throwing off the driver and passenger.

Police said the female motorcycle passenger died at the scene from major head trauma. The 23-year-old man was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition.

The SUV driver and his 18-year-old passenger were not injured, police said. It was unknown if the motorcycle riders were wearing helmets, police said.

This is the 58th traffic-related fatality on Oahu compared with 45 at the same time last year.

LEEWARD OAHU
Robbery victim treated for small knife wound

Police are looking for two suspects who allegedly stabbed a 26-year-old Aiea man Saturday while he walked toward Home Depot in Pearl City. Police said the victim parked outside the store at 98-1021 Kamehameha Highway at 6:30 a.m. when the suspects attacked him.

Police said the victim was stabbed in the stomach area with a small knife; the suspects took his wallet and fled. The 26-year-old man drove himself to a pay phone and called 911.

Police said the injured man was taken to the Queen's Medical Center, where he was treated for a small puncture wound to his stomach area and several contusions around his head.