21, 1994: Five people died when a van plunged off a 40-foot embankment near Keawaula Bay (Yokohama Bay) and burned on the beach. 9, 1995: Five people were killed and three were hurt when the speeding car carrying all eight crashed into a wall and overturned on Kalanianaole Highway in Kuliouou.
Star-Bulletin reporter Sally Apgar contributed to this report. You have to stop playing around and take things serious." The uncle of Patrick Askew-Jackson walked over to them with a can of Bud Light, and let his anger flow into a life lecture. Some pulled up handfuls of grass out of grief or anger. The young men sat with heads bowed, talking among themselves, drinking Heineken beer. He refused to talk to reporters.Īt one point, eight friends sat on the ground in a circle around the memorial where Waiwaiole's body landed. When he arrived at the crash site about 3:30 p.m., he threw his sunglasses at the tree decorated with flowers, photos and notes. They just think they have control."ĭENNIS ODA / of the crash victims stopped by the accident site yesterday to drink a toast.Īnother family member, Lisa Holomua, 36, of Haleiwa said: "This was senseless. "A lot of innocent lives were lost because they like the speed and they think they have control," she said. "These kids gotta learn to be careful," said Tampon, her eyes glassy with tears that spilled over her cheeks. White sand from the beach had been poured over the spot and a stalk of red ginger was laid on top, along with a white ginger lei. This was where Waiwaiole's body landed after the crash. The sister of one victim sobbed as she smoothed her hand over a picture of her brother.Ī group of young men drinking Heineken beer brooded over another smaller memorial near a barbed-wire fence. She watched throngs of young women crying as they stood around the memorial made of the tree that killed them. Mary Tampon, 37, of Ewa lost three nephews in the crash. yesterday, there were 40 friends and relatives at the crash site crying and hugging one another, or simply standing helplessly. Word of the fatal crash spread quickly through the North Shore community.īy about 3 p.m. "They were drinking, but they were not drunk," she said. Martin would not provide details.Īskew said Patrick and his friends were celebrating his birthday Monday before they went to Shark's Cove. Bennett Martin, Honolulu Police Traffic Division. The car's speedometer was frozen at 80 mph.ĬRAIG KOJIMA / wrecked car was brought to Glenn's Towing in Waialua.īased on what they found at the crash site, traffic investigators determined that alcohol use on the part of the driver, in addition to speeding, was a factor in the crash, said Lt.
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Police said the Honda was speeding on Kamehameha Highway when the driver lost control, veered onto the mauka shoulder and crashed into a palm tree. Police confirmed what Askew already knew: None of the occupants was wearing seat belts.Īskew said Delizo and Dicion were her neighbors in the close-knit Paalaa Kai subdivision in Waialua. Kaimana and Delizo were found hugging each other in the back seat. Patrick was the one hanging out of the car from the front passenger seat. Waiwaiole was ejected and landed about 30 feet from the wreckage. When police arrived, they confirmed Askew's fears: Everyone in the Honda was dead. "I just saw my son hanging out the car," she said.
Her 19-year-old son was running back from the third car, farther up the highway. When she reached the crash scene, Askew said, there was a cloud of smoke. "The third car overtook Shannon, and Shannon wanted to overtake it back," Askew said.įrom a distance, Askew saw Waiwaiole's car veer to the left, then she saw the brake lights from the other car. The Honda was behind Askew's car when a third car, in which her other son, niece and two others were riding, passed them both. In a blue Honda sedan were two of her sons, Patrick Askew-Jackson, 21, and Kaimana Askew-Jackson, 13.Īlso in the Honda were Jose Delizo, 17, Askew's nephew Rex Dicion, 37 and Shannon Waiwaiole, 22, identified as the driver.ĭENNIS ODA / pictures and beer bottles were left behind by mourners. "It was Patrick's 21st birthday and we just went out to check out the water," she said. Three carloads of family and friends were returning to Waialua from a celebration at Shark's Cove. along Kamehameha Highway near Kawailoa Drive. Yesterday, her other two children were killed in a single-car crash that killed five people in Haleiwa. Last June, her husband, Amaldo "Mel" Delizo Askew, 41, committed suicide. Was among five who died Hawaii's worst accidentsīy Nelson Elizabeth "Momi" Askew has left are her 12-year-old daughter and 19-year-old son.
DENNIS ODA / Noa was overcome with emotion yesterday when she stopped at the accident site.
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