One person was killed and multiple others injured Friday when a shuttle bus driver in Hawaii mistook the gas pedal for the brake — plowing into nearly a dozen people waiting at a cruise terminal.
The 57-year-old driver had just dropped off a group of passengers at Honolulu’s Pier 2 terminal around 10:30 a.m. and had exited the bus when a bystander warned him that the car was rolling forward, the city’s police said.
The driver jumped back in the shuttle, but in the frenzy “pressed the gas pedal instead of the brakes and collided with two concrete barriers and eleven pedestrians.”
A 68-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to her injuries.
Four others — in their 50s and 60s — were hospitalized in serious condition, while a man in his 70s was listed as stable.
The remaining pedestrians were bandaged at the scene.
The youngest victim is in their 40s, EMS said.
Police said speed does not appear to be a contributing factor to the crash, and are still investigating whether drugs or alcohol were involved.
Honolulu police could not immediately confirm whether the victims were tourists, telling The Post that the pier is located in a popular commercial area.
The investigation is ongoing.
With Post wires
