NEWS BRIEFS

• One person is dead following a single car crash on Nanawale Boulevard just outside of Pahoa on Saturday night. Police on the scene said they received a report of a crash at 8:20 p.m. Police said a Honda Civic sedan travelling west on Nanawale Boulevard went off the road struck trees and snapped a utility pole.
• A male passenger was found lying on ground next to the vehicle. Police were told that two others left the scene, one of them believed to be the driver.
• The deceased 22 year old woman was found in thick brush 10 feet from the car. Her body was located using thermal imaging equipment.
• Concerned an infant could have been involved in the crash (a child safety seat was in the crashed car) responders searched the area with negative findings. Police later learned that the child was safely with its grandmother in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
• Police have not identified the deceased woman or anyone involved in the crash.

photo by Daryl Lee

photo by Daryl Lee