The collision scene in Maui on July 6. —Photo by MauiWatch

The collision scene in Maui on July 6. —Photo by MauiWatch

Port Angeles native killed in alleged hit-run collision in Hawaii

BLYN — A Jamestown S’Klallam teenager and his grandfather have been killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision in Hawaii.

Noah Chapman, 16, son of Josh Chapman, owner and operator of Crab Daddy’s restaurant at 7 Cedars Casino, and Ronald Dean, 73, of Auburn were killed when their car was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck July 6 on the island of Maui.

Chapman, an enrolled member of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, was born in Port Angeles, lived in Boise, Idaho, during the school year and spent summers with his father in Sequim, where he attended S’Klallam youth events and other local summer activities, Josh Chapman said Sunday.

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Dean and Chapman were vacationing with other family members in Kahului, on the island of Maui, when the wreck happened, Chapman said.

According to a report from HawaiiNewsNow.com, police said a Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by Roman Semes, 36, of Haiku, Hawaii, was eastbound on Hana Highway at around 8:50 p.m. July 6.

The report said Dean, driving a Ford Taurus, was westbound on the highway and attempted to make a left turn in a turn lane when the two vehicles collided.

Chapman and Dean died at the scene and two other members of the family, Karen Dean, 69, and an unidentified 14-year-old boy who were in the car were injured.

Josh Chapman said Karen Dean was in critical condition at a Hawaii hospital Sunday.

No additional information was available regarding the 14-year-old boy.

Police said Semes attempted to flee the scene and was apprehended by police.

Semes sustained minor injuries in the crash and was treated and released by medics into police custody.

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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arice@peninsuladailynews.com.

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