{"id":25344,"date":"2024-03-27T02:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=25344"},"modified":"2024-03-27T02:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:06:57","slug":"man-struck-by-car-after-allegedly-escaping-hawaii-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=25344","title":{"rendered":"Man struck by car after allegedly escaping Hawaii jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">LIHUE, Hawaii (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khon2.com\/local-news\/man-escapes-from-kauai-ccc-gets-hit-by-car\/\"><u>KHON<\/u><\/a>) \u2014 Authorities in Hawaii say they are looking for a hit-and-run suspect after a man, who had allegedly just escaped from a nearby prison, was found on a roadway with serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.gov\/Press-Releases\/Police-search-for-driver-involved-in-hit-and-run-Friday-morning\"><u>Kaua\u2018i Police said<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;an inmate, identified as Matthew Ornellas, Jr., 33, was able to escape the Kaua\u2018i Community Correctional Center around 1 a.m. Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Within about 10 minutes, correctional officers found Ornellas, who was injured, roughly 100 yards northeast of the facility on K\u016bhi\u014d Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Witnesses reported that it appeared that a vehicle, traveling southbound, had hit Ornellas and drove away. The vehicle, described as dark in color, was traveling toward L\u012bhu\u02bbe and was last seen making a U-turn toward Kapa\u02bba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ornellas was taken by ambulance to Wilcox Medical Center where he was in serious condition as of Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to Kaua\u2018i Police, an investigation into the alleged escape has been initiated and a report on the alleged hit-and-run was filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Henshaw at (808) 241-1616. Those who want to remain anonymous can call (808) 246-8300 or submit a tip on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/crimestopperskauai.org\/sitemenu.aspx?ID=15107&amp;\/?fbclid=IwAR1VsGleC_bCca9IGuo3uawd7GGkec7QpTVUvF5vxabYHYDmEJ0yV4gBHAg&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\"><u>the Crime Stoppers Kauai website.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/nexstar_media_wire\/4552895-man-struck-by-car-after-allegedly-escaping-hawaii-jail\/\">Thehill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIHUE, Hawaii (KHON) \u2014 Authorities in Hawaii say they are looking for a hit-and-run suspect after a man, who had allegedly just escaped from a nearby prison, was found on a roadway with serious injuries. Kaua\u2018i Police said&nbsp;an inmate, identified as Matthew Ornellas, Jr., 33, was able to escape the Kaua\u2018i Community Correctional Center around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[2721,7612,22445,2195,1303],"class_list":["post-25344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-hawaii","tag-hit-and-run","tag-prison-escape","tag-search","tag-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25346,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25344\/revisions\/25346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}