NORTH SHORE

Head-on collision injures 2

Two people were critically injured in a head-on collision yesterday afternoon that shut down Kamehameha Highway for several hours near Haleiwa.

Police said at about 12:47 p.m., a 22-year-old Wahiawa man driving a gold 1996 Toyota Camry toward Wahiawa on Kamehameha Highway collided into a 1997 Nissan Maxima driven by a 54-year-old Salt Lake woman.

Police said the Camry was reported speeding and driving erratically, veering in and out of the Haleiwa-bound lane.

About a mile east of J.P. Leong Highway, the Camry veered into oncoming traffic and collided into the 1997 Nissan Maxima, police said.

Both drivers were taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, but the man was upgraded to serious condition.

Police said speed was a factor in the crash, but have not yet determined if alcohol played a role.

Police shut down both directions of Kamehameha Highway between Kamananui Road and the Haleiwa Bypass as they conducted their investigation.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Mom backs up car over baby boy

A 1-year-old boy was in critical condition after his mother accidentally ran him over with her car on Maui, police said

The accident occurred at 8:10 yesterday morning at a Kahului home when a woman was backing her 2005 Honda vehicle out of her driveway and ran over the infant.

Maui police said the infant sustained critical, life-threatening injuries and was taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Honolulu

Woman critically injured by bus

Police closed all Koko Head-bound lanes of Kapiolani Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. last night as traffic investigators were called out to an accident involving a tour bus and a woman in a wheelchair, officials said.

Emergency Medical Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said a woman in her 50s or early 60s was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Cheplic said the woman was apparently in a wheelchair. The accident happened near the intersection of Kapiolani Boulevard and Mahukona Street.