HILO, Hawaii (KITV4) — Police on the Big Island are investigating a bizarre traffic incident that left a 32-year-old woman in critical condition.
The incident happened on Kalanikoa Street in Hilo, just before 1 a.m. According to Hawaii Island Police, officers who were patrolling in the area came across a man – identified as 31-year-old Samson Manu-Olevao – tending to an injured woman on the ground in an apparent vehicle-pedestrian crash.
The injured woman was later identified as 32-year-old Wikolia Manu-Olevao. The two were a couple, according to investigators.
During the course of the investigation, police determined Samson was driving and Wikolia was the passenger. The couple was driving a 2015 Nissa Amrada SUV on Kalanikoa Street when they say Wikolia jumped from the moving vehicle.
Wikolia was taken to Hilo Medical Center and later transferred to Queen Medical Center in critical condition.
Police arrested Samson at the scene on a complaint of negligent injury. He was later released pending further investigation. Authorities say the East Hawaii Traffic Unit and Juvenile Aid Section are still investigating and “other criminal offenses being filed.”
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call Sgt. Jeremy Riddle at 808-961-2391 or via email Jeremy.Riddle@HawaiiCounty.gov.
