A 59-year-old woman was electrocuted on Tuesday night after a fallen tree branch appeared to have downed an arcing power line onto the roof of car she was in, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
A 58-year-old man who was also in the car was able to escape with minor injuries.
It happened at 8:41 p.m. Tuesday at Oopu Street and Kahakai Boulevard in the Hawaiian Shores subdivision of Pahoa, according to police. The couple was sitting inside of the parked car on Oopu Street when the branch fell on the power lines, which fell onto the roof of the car and surrounding foliage nearby.
Police said the power lines continued to arc on the roof of the car, and that the man reported he was able to climb out of the rear, where the tailgate window had been removed. The woman attempted to exit through the rear as well, police said, but fell onto a galvanized gate behind the car and was electrocuted.