3 Die In Crash Of 2 Pickups; Victims Ejected From Truck Bed

Three Hawaii men riding in the bed of a pickup were killed Saturday night when the truck was struck broadside as it made a left turn from a highway into the entrance of a drag-racing venue. The crash occurred just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the Mokulele Highway in Kihei on the south side of the island of Maui, police said. Killed were Howard Pruse, 25, and 51-year-old Eric Oguma, 51, both of Waiehu, and Tyree Kamaunu, 27, of Waihee. Hawaii law allows passengers to legally ride in the bed of a pickup if there are no available seats in the cab of the truck.