KAPOLEI, HI – Police said a man riding an electric bicycle was critically injured in a collision in the Kapolei area last week.
According to a release from the Honolulu Police Department, the accident happened Feb. 10 near the intersection of Farrington Highway and Hikukahi Street at about 6:35 a.m.
The police department’s Traffic Division learned that a driver was heading westbound on Farrington Highway with the green light illuminated when the vehicle struck an e-bicyclist going east on the highway. The bicyclist was making a left turn against the red arrow into the path of the vehicle, investigators said.
The bicyclist, a 20-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the vehicle, a 36-year-old man, was not injured and stayed at the scene.
Police do not believe speed was a contributing factor in the incident, but have yet to determine whether drugs or alcohol were involved.
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