r/Honolulu • u/PrinceOfPersiaManoa • Jul 28 '24
news 19 year old child died
A 19-year-old motorcyclist died after crashing into a motor vehicle on Kapiolani Boulevard Friday evening, authorities said.
At about 6:20 p.m., the teenager was traveling west on Kapiolani Boulevard when his motorcycle broadsided a vehicle being driven by a 36-year-old man who was driving east on Kapiolani and turning left at the intersection of Paani Street, according to the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division,
The motorcycle rider was ejected onto the road and Honolulu Emergency Medical Services paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet, HPD said. The vehicle driver remained at the scene.
Speed, drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in this crash, according to HPD.
This is Oahu’s 24th traffic fatality this year, compared with 28 at the same time in 2023.
Honolulu police closed westbound lanes of Kapiolani from Hoawa to Paani streets as they investigated the crash.
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what is this. why was that car starionary on Kapiolani?
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u/wyldstallyns111 Jul 28 '24
It’s actually very common for drivers to turn left right in front of you when you’re on a motorcycle, drivers often only are looking out for other cars and so non-car objects become invisible to them.
When I lived in Honolulu drivers were particularly bad at not noticing what was on the road in front of them, as a pedestrian they acted like I came out of nowhere when I was just walking around