Two girls were killed Monday when they were run over in their driveway by an unattended pickup truck
Camille "Kuulei" Kauhaihao, 12, and her sister Anela, 3, suffered fatal head injuries in the accident at their residence on a private road off Hawai'i Belt Road, police said. Their parents are John and Lilinoe Kauhaihao, who also have a 16-year-old daughter and a younger girl who was Anela's twin ...
Police are still investigating why the Ford F-350 pickup rolled backward down the driveway, striking the two sisters. Police said the girls and their mother had gotten into the truck and were about to leave but the mother got out of the vehicle briefly.
The two girls, first Anela and then Camille, then exited the truck. Moments later it rolled backward toward them. Paramedics reported that the girls were lifeless at the scene. They were taken to Kona Community Hospital, where they were pronouced dead just before 11 a.m. An autopsy has been ordered.
Police have not said whether the truck's engine was running at the time of the accident. It could take several weeks to get results of a mechanical inspection of the vehicle, according to investigators.