HONOLULU — An elderly Bay Area woman was killed last week in downtown Honolulu when she drove through a parking garage wall and fell five stories to the ground below, police said.
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The incident happened just before 2:30 p.m. Friday at a condominium complex at Bishop and Hotel streets, the Honolulu Police Department said in a news release.
The woman was driving northbound on the fifth floor of the structure when “her vehicle struck and breached a retaining wall, causing it to fall approximately five stories,” police said. The vehicle landed on its roof on the sidewalk along Hotel Street.
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Police said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as Sandra H. Sato, 84, of San Jose, according to Christian Hellum, a spokesperson for the Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner.
The woman was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident, police said.
Police have yet to determine whether speed, alcohol or drugs played a role in the incident, which remains under investigation.
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