HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnaholaManArrested.pdfDEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: April 21, 2022
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
TODD G. RAYBUCK, CHIEF
(808) 241-1600
Anahola man arrested for fatal Good Friday crash
LĪHU‘E – Thomas Castro was arrested Wednesday after turning himself in to the Kaua‘i Police
Department. Castro was the operator of the truck that was involved in the crash that shut down Kūhiō
Highway on April 15, 2022.
Following the traffic collision, the driver and passenger of a black Ford MPVH were transported
to Wilcox Hospital, where the passenger succumbed to her injuries the following day.
The 47-year-old Anahola man is charged with Negligent Homicide in the Second Degree,
Negligent Injury in the First Degree, Negligent Injury in the Second Degree, Collisions Involving Death or
Bodily Injury, and Inattention to Driving.
Castro was traveling southbound in a white Chevrolet pickup truck when he struck another truck
that was turning in the vicinity of state mile marker 15. That collision caused the second pickup to collide
with a northbound Ford MPVH. After the initial collision, Castro’s vehicle continued onto the shoulder,
striking an additional vehicle.
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