Glenn Rego says even after years on the road, he’s never been called to a crash scene where debris was spread out over such a wide distance and a car split in two.
The Volkswagen bug that sits at All Island Towing’s base yard is barely recognizable. The car: smashed, ripped open, and split in two.
"I got a call before I responded saying that the car was split in half, but I had no idea it would being the places that it was," says Rego.
He was called to respond to a three-car crash on Kamehameha Highway near the Haleiwa coffee fields Thursday afternoon.
"It was really bad, horrible, a horrifying scene… too much to describe," says Rego.
He’s still at a loss for words, trying to make sense of what caused such a horrific crash. Even after years on the road, he has never been called to a crash scene where debris was spread out over such a wide distance.
"Until right now still trying to figure out, piece together the accident and I can’t do it and figure out what happened," he says.
Investigators were combing over the Volkswagen’s debris on Friday. Police say the bug’s driver crossed the center line hitting a Chevy compact head-on, then split in half and part of the vehicle hit a Dodge van.
Police say the Volkswagen driver was going at a high rate of speed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"He had to have been going fast to create one of these crashes you know," says Rego.
Two people in the Chevy and two others in the Dodge van were taken to the trauma center in serious condition and later released.
Police say all four were tourists. They were all wearing seat belts, and the airbags deployed in both of their vehicles.
"Airbags probably saved most of their lives, and seat belts," says Rego.
Police say the man who died was not wearing a seat belt.
They are still investigating if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
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