A 29-year-old woman died after a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on the H-3 Freeway Thursday, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
At about 5:36 p.m., the woman was driving west on H-3 when her vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man, according to HPD’s Traffic Division. The 29-year-old driver’s car then rear-ended a vehicle driven by a 58-year-old man, who crashed into a vehicle driven by a 31-year-old man, HPD said.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services personnel treated the 29-year-old woman and took her in critical condition to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The woman was not wearing a seat belt at the time, police said.
EMS said paramedics also evaluated two other patients at the scene but they declined transport.
Neither speed, drugs, nor alcohol appear to be contributing factors in the crash, police said.
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HPD closed multiple H-3 westbound lanes at the Moanalua freeway overpass during the evening rush hour as emergency crews responded.
This was Oahu’s 75th traffic fatality this year, compared with 43 at the same time in 2024.