A man in his 50s is in serious condition after a vehicle struck him while he was riding an e-bike in Waipahu. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday to the scene near 94-911 Farrington Highway, where paramedics worked to stabilize him before rushing him to an emergency room.
Paramedics provided advanced life support as the bicyclist was transported to the hospital in serious condition, according to Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
A Stretch of Highway With a Troubled History
Tuesday's crash is not the first serious e-bike collision to hit Waipahu this year. In August, a 6-year-old boy was left in serious condition after an e-bike crash at Akoki and Pakaiea streets, with EMS responding around 7:41 p.m. that Sunday, per the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's earlier coverage. In that incident, the two riders were not wearing helmets, and the child was treated for a head injury while a man in his 30s riding with him suffered an arm injury and was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Elsewhere in Waipahu, a 19-year-old man was severely injured when a car struck his e-bike, according to KHON2. Police told the station the driver had crossed into the eastbound lane to pass another vehicle when the collision occurred, and that speed appeared to be a contributing factor in an investigation HPD opened afterward. That rider was not wearing a helmet and may have suffered a head injury, officials said, and EMS transported him to the hospital in critical condition after advanced life-saving treatment.
Not every Waipahu-area crash this year involved an e-bike. A 50-year-old moped rider was seriously injured in a hit-and-run around 11:30 p.m. on eastbound Farrington Highway near Pupukahi Street, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Police said he was rear-ended and the driver fled east on Farrington Highway without stopping, with EMS later transporting the moped rider to a nearby hospital in serious condition.
Oʻahu's Rising Traffic Death Toll
The dangers facing cyclists on Oʻahu roads extend beyond injury. The Honolulu Police Department reported that a vehicle-bicyclist collision on February 27, 2025, on Farrington Highway near Hakimo Road in Nanakuli left a 75-year-old bicyclist in serious condition at the time. HPD later confirmed that the man died from his injuries and was pronounced dead on August 7, 2026, a case the department logged as Oʻahu's 81st traffic fatality of 2025 — compared with 55 fatalities in all of 2024.
The condition of the man injured this week has not been updated beyond the initial serious designation.
