HONOLULU (KHON2) — On Farrington Highway on Oct. 28, tragedy struck again. The victim — just nineteen, an aspiring pilot — was crossing in a marked crosswalk on her way to work.
“She followed the rules like we asked people to wait at the stoplight, press the button, wait to safely cross, and a marked crosswalk. She did everything right, and it still was not enough,” said State Representative Darius Kila, whose district includes Nanakuli.
Woman, 19, dead following Nānākuli crash; separate crash hospitalizes 1
Kila says the young woman was the oldest of four children — a daughter, sister and friend with a bright future ahead.
“This is ohana to me, and imagine trying to walk a mother through trying to figure out the next steps of, how do you move forward without your 19-year-old daughter,” said Kila, who spent the morning consoling the mother of the victim. “At what point is people going to realize enough is enough, and today it was them, and very much, tomorrow it could have been 10 children in the crosswalk, and anybody’s child. Her life was worth so much more than the accident that occurred today, but unfortunately, someone else’s actions put an end to her bright future.”…