A Honolulu man has been ordered to spend 15 years in prison for a crash that killed a mother and her 7-year-old daughter in Nānākuli, closing a long-running case that dates back to the Feb. 26, 2022 wreck.
Circuit Court Judge Kevin A. Souza on Thursday handed down two 10-year terms for first-degree negligent homicide to run concurrently and a five-year term for first-degree negligent injury to run consecutively, for an effective 15-year sentence, according to Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay $23,907.80 in restitution and credited him for time already served at the Oahu Community Correctional Center, the report said.
The crash happened late on Feb. 26, 2022, when prosecutors say the driver, identified as Joseph Peters-Holokahi, slammed into a parked vehicle on Haleakala Avenue in front of a Nānākuli home, killing 38-year-old Kelsey Palisbo and her daughter Leah, 7, and critically injuring Palisbo’s older daughter, then 17, Shaylee. Police investigators at the time said speed and alcohol appeared to be contributing factors, according to Hawaii News Now…