Friday, Oct. 25, word quickly spread in Kiowa, Kansas, that Kristi Molz of Kiowa and her sister-in-law Cindy Molz Yandell of the Dallas, Texas, area were both critically injured in a pedestrian/Jeep accident on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

An article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper had the story that day. The brief story follows:

“Two pedestrians are critically injured after a vehicle struck them while they were crossing Kuhio Highway in Kapaa early today, police said.

“A section of Kuhio Highway is closed as police investigate the crash that occurred shortly after 6 a.m. between Ke...