LIHUE — The trial for a man charged in the hit-and-run death of a 19-year-old Kapaa woman has been continued for the fourth time.
LIHUE — The trial for a man charged in the hit-and-run death of a 19-year-old Kapaa woman has been continued for the fourth time.
The trial for Cody Safadago, 47, formerly of Washington State, was scheduled to start on Monday, but was continued to mid-February.
Prosecuting Attorney Justin Kollar said the decision to continue the trial is because they have not yet received reports from an expert hired by the defense, but those reports should be in shortly.
Safadago maintains he wasn’t the driver of the vehicle that killed Kayla-Huddy Lemn on Kuhio Highway as she drove home from work on the evening of April 27, 2017.
According to police reports, Safadago was driving a stolen pickup truck when it crossed the center line in front of the Courtyards at Waipouli apartment complex, striking the sedan head-on driven by Huddy-Lemn.
Safadago’s new trial date is Feb. 19.
