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Three Honolulu Police Department officers awaiting trial for allegedly causing a high-speed chase and crash and covering it up in Makaha in September 2021 were fired by the department.

The 46-year-old man who had no driver’s license and 164 citations when he was arrested in connection with the hit-and-run incident that killed a McKinley High School student Feb. 15 was charged Tuesday.

Trial has been rescheduled for a third time for four Honolulu police officers charged in connection with a September 2021 Makaha car chase and crash that injured six people — two of them severely — and its alleged cover-up.

The leader of an alleged Waianae gang pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to running chicken fighting derbies and illegal gambling dens, and marketing methamphetamine.

Honolulu police confirmed Friday that a reserve officer and a police recruit were among four officers arrested this month after allegations of domestic violence.

The family of a teen permanently injured in a September 2021 Makaha car chase by Honolulu Police Department officers has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the HPD’s pursuit policy is defective.

Four HPD officers charged in connection with a September 2021 Makaha car chase and crash that injured six people — two of them severely — as well as an alleged cover-up have had their trial date pushed back a second time, to Dec. 18.

Four HPD officers charged in connection with an alleged September 2021 car chase, crash and cover-up had their trial put off against the objection of city prosecutors until Aug. 21, according to state court records.

Their trial is scheduled for May 22.

Four Honolulu police officers accused of chasing a vehicle with six Maili Beach Park partygoers in September 2021 entered not-guilty pleas Thursday to charges that they caused a crash, fled the scene and conspired to cover it up.