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Honolulu officer hits, kills man in wheelchair

By WTOP Staff

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police say an on-duty police officer has fatally struck a man in a wheelchair.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports (http://bit.ly/1pCwBVL ) that the officer was transporting two teenage boys in his patrol car when he struck the man Friday night in Kalaeloa.

Police say the 44-year-old man was not in a crosswalk, and there were no street lights on the stretch of road where he was hit. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The officer, a three-year veteran of the force, was placed on administrative leave pending a negligent homicide investigation into the fatal crash.

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