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Moped riders in critical condition after collision with truck in Kona

MEDIA RELEASE

Fire/rescue crews in Kona responded to a 3:53 p.m. alarm Saturday (Dec 18) for a collision between a mo-ped and a Ford F-350 truck at the intersection of Queeen Kaahumanu Highway and Kealakehe Parkway.

The large Ford truck was heading south on Queen Kaahumanu Highway and turned left to Kealakehe Parkway and struck the mo-ped heading north on the highway. The male mo-ped operator, in his twenties, along with his female passenger, in her teens, were rendered unconscious with multiple traumatic injuries due to the collision.

The mo-ped riders were transported to Kona Community Hospital in critical condition by medic units from Kailua-Kona and Captain Cook.

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