Donovan Naleieha, 6 months, dies, 3-year old and woman injured when car strikes family on Kalanianaole Highway in Waimanalo, Hawaii
Family, friends mourn loss of infant killed in Waimanalo pedestrian crash
A family is grieving the loss of a little boy and a woman is under arrest for plowing into him and two others in Waimanalo.
The crash happened just before 7 p.m. Monday on Kalanianaole Highway near Wailea Street.
Police say Annie Akau, 26, was behind the wheel of a truck that hit a 6-month-old boy, his 3-year-old brother, and their mother. Their father was not hurt.
Family members tell us 6-month-old Donovan was taken to Queen’s Medical Center Monday night with critical injuries and died Tuesday.
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