Motorcycle crash injures two

JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald A police officer, left, stands over a motorcycle that crashed Thursday afternoon in Kaawalii Gulch north of Laupahoehoe. According to the Fire Department, the rider and the passenger were taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital in critical condition.

A single motorcycle crash on Hawaii Belt Road (Highway 19) north of Laupahoehoe critically injured the rider and a passenger Thursday afternoon.