A three-vehicle crash on Kauai sends nine to Wilcox Hospital
A Kapaa man trying to pass a car on a curve was killed at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday when his pickup truck hit a sport utility vehicle head-on.
James Piekos, 24, of Wailua Homesteads, was driving an El Camino when, police say, he crossed a double yellow [...]

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Several boulders, rocks and other debris broke loose from a North Shore hillside along Kuhio Highway yesterday around 4 p.m. closing one lane of the highway for a time.
“It happened around 4 p.m. and state crews are on their way,” said state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Tammy Mori, shortly before 6 p.m. last night. “There [...]

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The Goodriches had two daughters and were married 15 years
A Mother’s Day drive in a sports car turned tragic Sunday for the mother and father of two preteen girls.
Paul and Laurie-Ann Goodrich, decades-long residents of Kauai’s North Shore, were killed when he lost control of their 1994 Porsche convertible around a hairpin turn along Koolau [...]

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The annual “Click It or Ticket” statewide campaign began yesterday and will run throughout the entire month of May.
“We want to remind drivers about the importance of our seat belt and child passenger restraint laws and encourage the proper use of seat belts and child safety seats,” said Lt. Mark Scribner of the Kaua’i Police [...]

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Motorists mired in Kilauea traffic lately may have some relief soon as four portable traffic light units and two accompanying warning signs appeared over the weekend near a bridge construction project.
Flashing yellow and red, the lights are in place, and once activated, should allow safe exits from the intersection of Kolo Road and Kuhio Highway, [...]

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Temporary traffic signals have been installed at the intersection of Kuhio Highway and Kolo Road in Kilauea on Kauai.
The State Department of Transportation said the signals are currently in a flashing mode.
Flashing red lights should be treated as a stop sign and approaching vehicles should come to a complete stop before proceeding through the intersection. [...]

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