2nd Person Succumbs to Injuries from Sunday’s Pi‘ilani Crash

A second person has succumbed to injuries from a deadly motor vehicle accident on the Piʻilani Highway Sunday night.

Police say a 14-year-old boy who was a passenger in a vehicle struck by an oncoming pickup truck, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead while in intensive care at around 2 p.m. on Monday.

The driver the vehicle he was in, Mildred Jouvenat, 49, of Kīhei, also suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.

Police say the crash occurred as a grey 2008 Ford F150 pickup truck crossed left of center and collided into the white 2016 Nissan Versa that Jouvenat was driving.

The Nissan then collided into a white 2016 Ford Focus also traveling southbound on Piʻilani Highway, according to police.  The operator of the Ford Focus, a 74-year-old Kīhei woman, sustained minor injuries and was also transported to the hospital.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 43-year-old Kīhei man, sustained serious injuries and was transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center.  Police say alcohol was a factor in the deadly crash.

The boy’s death is Maui County’s 14th traffic fatality compared 10 this time last year.

*For the previous post on this incident click here.

Photo: Maui Police Department.