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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 27, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Motorcyclist in critical condition following crash on Friday
HANAPĒPĒ – Kaua‘i police responded to a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Alii
Road in Hanapēpē at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Friday.
According to an on-scene investigation, a 25-year-old man was heading west on a
motorcycle, when he apparently failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and collided with a
cement wall along the eastbound shoulder of the road.
The Kōloa man sustained serious injuries and was medevaced to Queen’s Hospital
where he remains in critical condition.
He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Police closed Alii Road until the roadway was cleared at approximately 12:30 a.m.
Saturday.
KPD’s Traffic Safety Section is continuing their investigation of this crash.
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