Maui man in wheelchair dies after being hit by tow truck

  • Source: KHON 2
  • Published: 09/18/2018 12:00 AM

A Maui man is dead after he was hit and killed by a flatbed tow truck on Monday. It happened around 1:09 p.m. on Dairy Road at the south entrance/exit to the Maui Marketplace in Kahului. Police say a white 1992 Isuzu flatbed tow truck was making a right turn out of the the Maui Marketplace onto Dairy Road and collided into a pedestrian operating a motorized wheelchair within a marked crosswalk. The pedestrian was transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center where he later died as a result of his injuries. The operator of the tow truck was not injured. The pedestrian was identified as Van Tomita, 64, of Kahului. Police say the involvement of speed, drugs and alcohol is unknown at this time.



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