Brennan

HONOLULU Former University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan and two women were seriously injured Friday in a two-car crash in North Kona on the Big Island, police said.

Brennans agent, Ryan Tollner, issued a statement that said Brennan was transported to Honolulu for further medical treatment after being taken to Kona Community Hospital. Brennans condition was serious, Tollner said.

His father, Terry Brennan, told KHON-TV by telephone from California that he suffered three or four broken ribs, a broken left collar bone, and head injuries.

The Queens Medical Center in Honolulu issued a statement saying Brennan had been admitted and was in serious condition.

Brennan, 27, of Kona, was a passenger in an SUV driven by Shakti Stream, 27, of Kona, when she crossed the centerline on Queen Kaahumanu Highway near Makalawena and collided head-on with sedan driven by a 47-year-old Waikoloa woman, police said.

Stream was taken to Kona Community Hospital, while the unidentified woman was transported to North Hawaii Community Hospital.

Colts family asks that the public is respectful of the hospitals and medical staffs focused on treating the individuals involved in this accident, Tollner said.

Police opened two negligent injury investigations. The cause of the crash was under investigation and it wasnt known if speed, alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash, police said.

Rich Miano, a University of Hawaii coach, told KGMB-TV and KHNL-TV the team would be thinking of Brennan when it hosts San Jose State at Aloha Stadium on Saturday.

For years weve known Colt Brennan all weve seen is triumph and victories, record-setting and smiles, always saying the right things, just positive things for the state of Hawaii, Miano said. So this is obviously kind of a sad event.

Brennan, who finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy in 2007, was Washingtons 2008 sixth-round draft pick.