Hawaii to pay $26M to man hurt by runaway truck
The state has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who received permanent debilitating injuries in 2019 after a tow truck with faulty brakes mangled the man’s subcompact car because the truck was blocked by barricades from taking a runaway truck ramp on Likelike Highway.
The state knew of the damage to the runaway truck ramp two months earlier. The June 12, 2019, crash occurred just 10 days before a scheduled repair.
The blue Ford Fiesta Jim Braddock was driving became a ball of twisted metal after a runaway Pinky Tows truck with a refrigerator truck in tow crashed into it and nine other vehicles.
