Soggy van’s owner sought by tow company
By Rob Shikina, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | |
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"Right now we're going to have to track down the owner," he said by phone. "It's a late-model van, so it may be insured."
He said the tow driver was able to remove the van after a state employee in a small boat in the canal attached a chain to the Dodge Caravan. The tow truck driver winched the van to the wall, reattached the chain and recovered the van at about
He said a diver wanted about
"We didn't have a diver, so we had to figure something out," he said by phone.
"The diver, they wanted too much money."
He said the state employee was with the
Police said the driver apparently lost control of the speeding van, which hit a curb, went airborne, hit a coconut tree and plunged into the canal at about
The 29-year-old Waimanalo man was able to get out of the van on his own. Police said the van had been reported stolen.
Police arrested the driver at about
Tow trucks were called to the scene at about
A spokeswoman for the state
The Dodge Caravan was towed to Kuni's Automotive in McCully.
Kunishige said his company won't be paid immediately for the job and that he hopes to find the owner -- "hopefully, because we eat some of this, too. That's the bad part of this business here," he said.
He said sometimes he has to take an owner to small claims court to collect.
He said the city pays a small portion, about a fourth of the cost, if the vehicle is unclaimed.
"At that point it becomes a big loser because what I got to pay out to these guys to do the job is beyond what we collect," he said.
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