Maui police are responding to a report of a vehicle over a cliff in West Maui along the Honoapiʻilani Highway near DT Fleming Beach.  At around 11:26 a.m., the highway was temporarily closed in both directions at the location.  Maui Now has received police confirmation that the accident involves a fatality. *This is a developing story. Check back for updates, which will be posted as they become available. 

The first closure is slated to run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from March 30 to April 3.

"We just need people to slow down.  There's so much less people on the road right now. Speeds have doubled.  If motorist continue doing this, tragedy will happen," said Lt. Hankins.   With law enforcement tied up with other concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Lt. Hankins said, "I just don't feel it's right to focus on one particular area when we are dealing with this." 

The Department of Transportation made several changes to its vehicle licensing and safety check programs as part of the effort to reduce face-to-face interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation informs the traveling public that Hāna Highway (Route 360) between Kapakalua Road and Hāna Town is restricted to local traffic until further notice beginning March 18, 2020.

Here is a list of lane closures scheduled this week, March 14 to March 20.

Starting this Friday, March 13 and continuing through St Patrick’s Day on Tuesday, March 17, the Maui Police Department Traffic Division will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols at various locations.

Police say the 27-year-old Kihei man operating the moped sustained life threatening injuries in the crash that was reported at 6:16 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.

Road Notification (March 11, 2020) 7 p.m. South Kihei Road is closed between Alanui Ke Alii and the area south of Dolphin Plaza due to a motor vehicle accident. The closure is in effect until further notice.

Lynsey Jio, 23, of Kula, Maui was arrested this morning following a grand jury indictment related to a fatal motor vehicle crash that claimed the life 19-year-old Hannah Brown last year on the Kūihelani Highway.