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Police investigate fatal hit-and-run crash

Maui police were investigating Saturday a hit-and-run crash in which a 36-year-old man operating a moped with a female passenger was struck from behind by a silver 2006 Toyota sedan on Puunene Avenue in Kahului.

The man died at the scene, and the female was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center with serious injuries, police said. Neither had been identified as of Saturday evening.

The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, police reported. The male operator and his passenger were riding northbound on Puunene Avenue near its intersection with the Airport Access Road, police said.

When they were hit from behind, the female passenger was ejected while the Toyota sedan continued to push the moped and its driver along Puunene Avenue before the moped came to rest north of Puukani Street, police said.

The driver of the Toyota fled the scene before police arrived. Police tracked down the vehicle, which was parked unattended in front of a nearby residence in Kahului.

The driver had not been identified, police said.

The roadway was closed for about nine hours while police investigated the scene.

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