Vehicle catches fire in H-2 Freeway collision

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department issued a lane closure on the H-2 Freeway but has since then been reopened.

This incident was impacting traffic north of Ka Uka Boulevard.

The Honolulu Fire Department said that when their units arrived on the scene around 6:20 p.m., they found a lone passenger in a van.

They said the van and mini excavator had collided in the median near the Mililani exit of the H2 Freeway.

HFD reported that the van had left the roadway and had collided with the mini excavator that was parked in the cordoned-off construction area.

When HFD arrived, they said that an adult female and four children had already exited the van without injury.

According to HFD, the fire from the collision was quickly extinguished.