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UPDATE: Kelli Allen Killed in Box Truck Accident in Kahuku, Hawaii


KAHUKU, HI — One person died has after a moped accident that happened in Kahuku, Hawaii on Sunday, April 13th, 2014, according to a news release from The Star Advertiser.

Police working with highway officials have said that 24-year-old Kelli Allen was killed when the moped she was driving was struck by a box truck while turning onto Kamehameha Highway from Kuilima Drive around 2:00 Sunday afternoon.

Scene of the Accident

 

 

Paramedics rushed Kelli Aleln to nearby Pali Momi Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries a short time after her arrival.

Authorities from the Honolulu Police Department were assisting local authorities with the crash investigation.

Commentary:

The news article seems to be cut and dry on the fact pattern here, but I’ve learned not to base my opinion on news articles written by people who didn’t witness the accident. People assume that the driver of the moped turned into the path of the box truck, which may be the case, but do we know how fast the box truck was going? I know seasoned veteran traffic police that cannot properly gauge a vehicles speed when it is coming almost directly at you. If the driver of the moped assumed that the truck was driving the speed limit, when in fact it was not, she may have assumed that she had enough time and distance to execute the turn, when she did not.

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