HONOLULU — The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney announced Tuesday it had charged 46-year-old Mitchel Miyashiro with negligent homicide in the first degree and other offenses for the deadly hit-and-run of 16-year-old Sara Yara.
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Mitchel Miyashiro was charged with negligent homicide in the first degree, collisions involving death or serious bodily injury, collisions involving bodily injury and driving without a license
Sara Yara, a 16-year-old McKinley student, was walking in a marked crosswalk on Kapiolani Boulevard on Feb. 15 when she was allegedly struck by a speeding pickup truck
Negligent homicide in the first degree and collisions involving death or serious bodily injury are class B felonies, which are punishable by up to 10 years in prison
However, if convicted, the prosecuting attorney plans to invoke Kaulana’s Law, which allows for a 20-year sentence for a driver who does not remain at the scene of a fatal crash to render aid
