A 25-year-old Wai'anae man and a 3-year-old boy also from Waianae were killed Thursday night in a traffic crash on Farrington Highway near Hakimo Road in Nanakuli. Five other people were taken to The Queen's Medical Center.

Sanford Valdez, 25, was the driver of a 2003 black Chevrolet S-10 pickup and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office.

A child in a 2001 white Volkswagen Jetta that Valdez hit was identified as 3-year-old Koa-Paka Miles.

Koa-Paka died after being ejected from the Jetta.

Valdez was driving toward Honolulu at 10:20 p.m. "at a high rate of speed" when he lost control and collided with a guard rail, crossed two lanes of traffic and crashed into the Jetta 312 feet west of Akowai Road, said Sgt. John Agno of the Honolulu Police Department's vehicular homicide unit.

The Jetta then crashed into a vehicle parked on the right shoulder of Farrington Highway, Agno said.

The truck continued on, crashed into a tree and a hollow tile wall, flipped onto its roof, then landed on a vehicle parked in front of 87-1468 Farrington Highway, Agno said.

The force of the collision ejected Valdez, who was not wearing a seatbelt. He landed on the sidewalk in front of a house and was pronounced dead at the scene of head injuries at 11:13 p.m.

His passenger, a 28-year-old woman from Waipahu, was wearing a seatbelt. She was trapped inside the truck until Honolulu firefighters removed her. She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in good condition with minor injuries, Agno said.

The collision stripped most of the body work from the driver's side of the Jetta.

It was driven by a 27-year-old man from Waianae. A 37-year-old woman sat in the passenger seat.

In the back seat, Agno said, the boy was riding behind the driver in a booster seat, next to a 21-year-old woman from Wai'anae. On the right side was a 1-year-old girl from Wai'anae.

Police did not know if the dead boy was properly restrained in his booster seat. He was pronounced dead at Queen's.

The driver and the other passengers in the Jetta were taken to Queen's in serious condition.

"We know speed was a factor because parts of the Jetta are like 'shrink wrapped' around the front end of the truck," said Lt. Darren Izumo of the police vehicular homicide unit.

The remains of what appear to be broken Heineken bottles were discovered in the pickup truck, Izumo said, but it was not immediately clear whether alcohol or drugs may have been involved.

"At this point, we can't say for sure," Izumo said. "Definitely speed was a factor, though."

Crissy Salausa, said her neighbor who lives in the house where the overturned truck came to rest, was told that the occupants of the black truck were at a party prior to the crash.

A man who showed up later at the crash scene identified himself as the dead man's uncle and described the gathering as "more like a barbecue — not a big party."

Salausa said her neighbor told her that a woman emerged from the overturned truck with just a few minor scratches.

Madardo Faeldonea, who lives two doors down from the crash site, said he was sleeping "when I hear a big crash."

"By the time I come out of my house, the police and ambulances already here," Faeldonea said.

He said that stretch of the highway is particularly deadly.

"Last year, somebody die in front of my house," Faeldonea said. "Two years ago, somebody hit that pole and died," he said, gesturing to the utility pole at the corner of Akowai Road and Farrington

"Get plenty accidents this side," he said shaking his head.