Hawaii County police suspect speed, impairment were factors in single-car crash that left 2 dead

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii Island police stated two males have died, and one is in steady situation, following a automobile placing a big steel visitors mild publish and catching hearth.

Authorities stated they responded to a name round 3:30 a.m. on Queen Kaahumanu Freeway.

Investigators decided {that a} grey 2014 Jeep Cherokee with three males was touring northbound on Queen Kaahumanu Freeway when it veered off the roadway and struck a big steel visitors mild publish.

Officers stated the automobile then caught hearth, trapping two of the lads throughout the automotive.

The 2 trapped males had been transported to the Kona Group Hospital, the place they had been later pronounced lifeless round 8 a.m., stated officers.

Police say the third automobile occupant, a 27-year-old Honokaa man, escaped from the automobile and was taken by ambulance to North Hawaii Group Hospital for therapy. He’s at present listed in steady situation.

Police imagine that pace and impairment are doable components within the crash.

Autopsies have been ordered to find out the precise reason for loss of life.

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