Woman from Japan on Hawaii honeymoon dies in crash
Feb 19, 2012, 2:30 AM
HONOLULU (AP) – Authorities say a woman from Japan who was on her honeymoon in Hawaii is dead and her husband hospitalized after the couple crashed the motorcycle they were riding.
The Star Advertiser reports (
http://bit.ly/xzw7kH) the couple’s rented motorcycle crashed into a guardrail on Kamehameha Highway in Kaawa around 12:15 p.m. Friday.
A supervisor with the Department of Emergency Medical Services says the newlyweds were not wearing helmets.
The woman died after being taken to a hospital, while the man was listed in critical condition.
Their names and hometowns have not been released, but officials say they were both 27 years old.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser,
http://www.staradvertiser.com
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