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October 25, 2008

Marine truck veered across lane

57-year-old woman who died at the scene of the crash indentified

Advertiser Staff

The woman killed in a head-on collision Thursday in Hau’ula has been identified as Vicki Norman, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office.

The 57-year-old Hau’ula resident was driving a silver Chrysler van south on Kamehameha Highway when a Marine troop transport truck veered into her lane, police said.

The collision pinned the woman in her vehicle, police said, and she died at the scene.

The seven-ton Marine truck, with two Marines inside, was on its way to Marine Corps Base Hawai’i from the Kahuku Training Area.

The 19-year-old driver and 20-year-old passenger were uninjured but were taken to Tripler Army Medical Center for evaluation. The Marines and the truck are with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment based at Kane’ohe Bay.

The accident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 53-729 Kamehameha Highway near Puhuli Street, police said.

The medical examiner said the woman died of multiple blunt force injuries due to a motor vehicle collision.

Marine vehicle caused fatal crash in Hauula, police say

By Mary Adamski

POSTED: 02:51 p.m. HST, Oct 24, 2008

A 57-year-old Hauula woman died yesterday when a 7-ton Marine truck veered across the centerline of Kamehameha Highway and collided head-on with her minivan.

The woman, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead the scene, 53-729 Kamehameha Highway in Hauula.

The crash happened about 2:15 p.m. yesterday as the Medium Tactical Vehicle, a transport vehicle, was headed toward Kahuku and the 2006 Chrysler van was headed toward Kaneohe.

Police said the Marine truck veered into the woman’s lane as it approached a bend to the right and hit the van head-on, pinning the woman inside.

A witness said the woman was an employee at the Ponds at Punaluu nursing care facility.

The two male Marines in the truck, ages 19 and 20, were not injured, but were sent to Tripler Army Medical Center for evaluation, according to a release from Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Police said it is not yet known whether the crashed involved speeding, but investigators have ruled out alcohol as a factor.

The woman was wearing a seat belt and her airbag did deploy. The two Marines were not wearing seat restraints.

Kamehameha Highway was closed to traffic in both directions for five hours after the crash.

The truck was returning to the Marine Corps base in Kaneohe from the Kahuku Training Area, according to the Marine base public information office. Members of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, they were on a training exercise in preparation for deployment to the Middle East next year, the release said.

Star-Bulletin reporter Gene Park contributed to this story

Source: http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/33282169.html

KITV.com

Woman Killed In Hauula Crash

Victim Was Passenger In Head-On Collision With Marine Truck

October 24, 2008

PUNALUU, Hawaii — Traffic investigators are looking into what caused a deadly crash in Hauula Thursday afternoon.

The head-on crash between a minivan and a military transport truck happened near the corner of Kamehameha Highway and Puhuli Street at about 2:30 p.m.

A woman in her 50s was pronounced dead at the scene, an Emergency Medical Services spokesman said. She was a passenger in one of the vehicles, EMS spokesman Bryan Cheplic said.

The Marines’ vehicle crossed the centerline, Honolulu police said.

Two other people were treated at the scene and released, Cheplic said.

Police closed Kamehameha Highway in both directions at the scene while the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division investigated the crash. They reopened the highway at about 8:30 p.m.

October 23, 2008

Hauula woman, 57, killed in head-on collision

Advertiser staff

A 57-year-old woman was killed today in Hau‘ula when a seven-ton Marine truck veered across the center line and into the path of her van, according to police.

The death is O‘ahu’s 38th traffic fatality of the year and sixth this month. Four of the six deaths have occurred over the last eight days.

The 2:15 p.m. head-on collision on Kamehameha Highway near the intersection of Puhuli Street involved a 2006 Chrysler van and medium tactical vehicle replacement truck from Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kane‘ohe Bay.

The truck, driven by a 19-year-old male Marine, was northbound on Kamehameha Highway and approaching a right bend in the roadway when it veered into the southbound lane and into the path of the van, said vehicular homicide supervising investigation Sgt. Alan Vegas.

The woman, a Hau‘ula resident, was alone in the van. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office did not identify the victim pending confirmation of her identity.

Traffic in the area was affected for over five hours. Kamehameha Highway was reopened shortly before 7:30 p.m.

The truck’s driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were taken to the Tripler Medical Center in good condition, Vegas said.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii said the Marines and truck are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

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