Gov. Josh Green stops to help at site of crashed vehicle

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, middle, kneels down to look under an upside down vehicle’s driver at the scene of an accident in Waikoloa, Hawaii on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Gov. Green, who has worked as an emergency room doctor in rural parts of the Big Island stopped to help out when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while en route to a Big Island event. The man suffered a few cuts and bruises and seemed to be OK, Green said. (Reece Kainoa Kilbey/Office of the Governor, State of Hawai’i via AP)

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, left, looks under a flipped vehicle as he stops to help at the scene of an overturned vehicle in Waikoloa, Hawaii, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Gov. Green, who is also a physician, was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while en route to a Big Island event. (Reece Kainoa Kilbey/Office of the Governor, State of Hawai’i via AP)

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, second left, assists an injured driver at the scene of an overturned vehicle in Waikoloa, Hawaii, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Gov. Green, who is also a physician, was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while en route to a Big Island event. The man who was wearing a seatbelt, had a few cuts and bruises and seemed to be OK, Green said. (Reece Kainoa Kilbey/Office of the Governor, State of Hawai’i via AP)

HONOLULU — Gov. Josh Green, who is also a physician, was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while he was on his way to a Big Island event.

Before becoming governor, Green was an emergency room doctor in rural parts of the Big Island.

“He was upside down in a totally smashed up van,” Green told Hawaii News Now of the driver. “It appears he launched about 50 to 60 feet into the air and into the gulch, so his car was destroyed and we were able to get him out through the front windshield, removed a lot of rock and seven or eight citizens with me, we just pulled this guy out.”

The man, who was wearing a seatbelt, had a few cuts and bruises and seemed to be OK, Green said.

Green later spoke at a blessing ceremony for Waikoloa Solar and Storage.

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