KANEOHE, Hawaii (Island News) – The front of a car got wedged underneath the back of a roll-off dumpster truck in the Harano Tunnel on Friday afternoon, leaving the H-3 Fwy west to shut down for several hours.
According to officials, at about 2:05 p.m. it was reported that a 71-year-old woman was traveling westbound on the H-3 Fwy in the Harano Tunnel when she rear ended a 49-year-old driver that was operating a large dump truck.
The car’s hood got trapped underneath the large yellow container of the truck.
Both vehicles were in the shoulder lane of the tunnel. The Honolulu Fire Department responded to the scene and extracted the 71-year-old woman who was pinned in her vehicle.
Paramedics took the 71-year-old woman to a nearby hospital in critical condition…