{"id":389,"date":"2026-05-21T04:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:10:42","slug":"waikiki-crash-involving-hpd-officer-caught-on-surveillance-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Waikiki crash involving HPD officer caught on surveillance video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; The entrance of a Waikiki McDonald\u2019s was smashed after a crash involving a Honolulu police officer and another driver Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=387\">Covering the Cost: How to lower the cost of doing business in Hawaii<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was all caught on surveillance video.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 11 p.m., a black vehicle was seen heading west on Kuhio Avenue. Closely behind was an HPD SUV with lights and sirens on. <\/p>\n<p>HPD confirmed the officer was responding to a robbery call, and was traveling in the bus only lane. The black vehicle moved into that lane as the officer tried to pass, and the two collided. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After spinning out, the black vehicle came to rest on one side of the road, and the HPD vehicle slammed into the McDonald\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The front of the building was blocked off Wednesday as crews worked to fix the damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard a big boom, and we came out on our patio, and we looked down and there was a cop car that was sitting right into McDonald\u2019s,\u201d Tucson visitor Nancy Kilmer said.<\/p>\n<p>The black vehicle was not involved in the initial robbery call, HPD said.<\/p>\n<p>The damage to the building, and both vehicles was extensive, as seen in video provided by HHHNewz. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=385\">Serial road rage driver sentenced in Kakaako attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust based on the shred of evidence that we have, it looks like he\u2019s going a little too fast and just made an error in judgment there, which he\u2019s gonna live down for the rest of his career,\u201d retired HPD Deputy Chief John McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy added that heightened caution needs to be exercised in moments like this, especially in areas like Waikiki that are often crowded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is, I think it\u2019s the adrenaline that kicks in. \u2018I wanna get the bad guy. I wanna catch the bad guy.\u2019 And that\u2019s what we want. We all want that, but it\u2019s gotta be done properly, safely, within the policy, within the means,\u201d McCarthy said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>HPD said in a statement: \u201cIt appears the officer was following proper policy and procedure, and there was no pursuit in this instance. The collision is under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the incident is internally reviewed, McCarthy says accidents like these can be costly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officers don\u2019t enjoy it. The administration doesn\u2019t enjoy it, and, in a case like this, where we\u2019re gonna go out of pocket, I\u2019m sure the taxpayers aren\u2019t gonna enjoy it either,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=383\">Police identify man killed in Highway 130 hit-and-run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only minor injuries were reported for both drivers and no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another driver was hit before the HPD vehicle slammed into a McDonald&#8217;s. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Waikiki crash involving HPD officer caught on surveillance video - 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