LIHU‘E — A head-on collision Tuesday claimed the life of Gloria Agcaoili, 70, of Koloa, said county officials. A 38-year-old Koloa man and a New Jersey visitor, 47, were seriously injured in the collision on Kuhio Highway near the Wailapa
LIHU‘E — A head-on collision Tuesday claimed the life of Gloria Agcaoili, 70, of Koloa, said county officials.
A 38-year-old Koloa man and a New Jersey visitor, 47, were seriously injured in the collision on Kuhio Highway near the Wailapa Road intersection, a county release states.
According to a preliminary report, the New Jersey man was heading north on the highway between mile-marker 22 and 23 in Kilauea at around 5:17 p.m. when he apparently crossed the center line and struck a southbound vehicle driven by the Koloa man.
Agcaoili, a passenger in the southbound vehicle, died at the scene.
The New Jersey man was the sole occupant of his vehicle.
The two men were transported to Wilcox Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Neither sustained life-threatening injuries.
Agcaoili is the sixth traffic fatality on Kauai this year.
Traffic backed up quickly in both directions as the highway was closed temporarily.
Due to the location of the accident, the Kaua‘i Police Department was unable to open a safe and passable bypass route.
