HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR102018FataltrafficcrashclosesKawaihauRoadFridaynightBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA`I
KAUA`I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: October 20, 2018
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
MICHAEL CONTRADES, ACTING CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Fatal traffic crash closes Kawaihau Road Friday night
KAPA`A — Kawaihau Road, near the Makaleha intersection in Kapa`a, was closed for
several hours Friday night, following a traffic crash that resulted in the deaths of two residents.
The decedents have been identified as 39-year-old Shane Duncan and 33-year-old
Sanoe Soares, both of Kapa`a.
According to a preliminary investigation, Duncan was heading west on Kawaihau Road
at roughly 10 p.m., on a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle with Soares on board. The motorcyclist
apparently failed to negotiate a right-hand curve in the roadway, crossed over the center line,
and collided with an oncoming 2014 Jeep SUV.
As a result of the crash, Soares was ejected from the motorcycle and trapped under the
SUV, until firefighters arrived and extricated her. Medics arrived on scene and transported her to
Wilcox Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Duncan sustained life -threatening injuries and was transported by medics to Wilcox
Hospital, where he later died.
The driver of the Jeep, a 53-year-old Kapa`a woman, sustained non -life threatening
injuries and was transported to Wilcox Hospital where she was treated and has since been
released.
Kawaihau Road was closed in both directions for approximately four hours while traffic
investigators conducted an on -scene investigation.