A 74-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Saturday morning after being hit by a garbage truck in Honolulu’s Kalihi neighborhood. The crash happened near Gulick Avenue and North School Street around 11:11 a.m. Paramedics treated her at the scene and took her to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
What emergency responders reported
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said paramedics co-responded to the call and treated the 74-year-old woman for abrasions and other non-life-threatening injuries, then transported her to a hospital in serious condition, according to Hawaii News Now. The brief report did not include details about the garbage truck's operator or whether any charges were being considered. Officials have not released information about what led up to the crash or how exactly it occurred.
Kalihi crashes and city traffic trends
Kalihi has seen multiple serious collisions this year, and Honolulu Police Department traffic updates show Oahu has recorded dozens of traffic fatalities in 2025. HPD's running traffic-media posts list several Kalihi-area cases and noted the island had reached at least 80 traffic fatalities by last Thursday. The clustering of serious crashes in parts of central Oahu has kept HPD's Traffic Division focused on the area. For more on recent traffic-media updates, see the department's page at the Honolulu Police Department.
Authorities have not yet released additional details about the crash, the truck operator, or any potential investigation. This story will be updated if more information becomes available.
