2 Maui pedestrians hit by bus
Advertiser Staff
KA'ANAPALI, Maui — Two elderly pedestrians were injured this morning when
they were struck by a bus carrying hotel workers.
The incident happened at 7:49 a.m. on Honoapi'ilani Highway at the Kai Ala
Drive intersection. Police said the bus was turning left from Kai Ala Drive
onto the highway, headed toward Napili, when it hit the pedestrians, who
were crossing the highway from Kai Ala Drive headed in the mauka direction.
One of the victims, an 81-year-old Lahaina man, suffered life-threatening
injuries and was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center. The other victim, a
79-year-old Lahaina woman, was reported in stable condition at the hospital.
Neither the 66-year-old Kahului man who was driving the bus nor his 13
passengers were injured.