HONOLULU, HI – Another person has died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash in the Punaluu area last month, bringing the death toll from the incident to three.
According to the Honolulu Police Department, a 28-year-old woman who was a passenger in one of the vehicles was pronounced dead last week.
The incident occurred June 17 on Kamehameha Highway near Puhuli Street shortly before 9 p.m. Investigators determined that 28-year-old Katrell Plunkett was driving southbound when the vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and crashed into another vehicle. The first vehicle, which had four occupants, overturned.
Plunkett and one of her passengers, 18-year-old Miyanna Haiola, died at the scene. They were cousins. Two other passengers, women 28 and 19, were hospitalized in critical condition. The other driver, a 17-year-old female, was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Police said no one in the first vehicle was wearing a seat belt. The Honolulu Police Department believes speed was a contributing factor in the fatal crash but had yet to determine whether drugs or alcohol were factors. The investigation is ongoing.
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