2:51pm, Saturday: Things have quieted down from a few hours ago when sirens were blaring and police cars were racing to and fro in the Bay Area.
Tempers flared from some of the camps whose fautasi were disqualified by the Fautasi Race Committee and rocks, bottles and other objects were thrown around.
Police tell KHJ News a few culprits were brought to the central police station and counseled about their behavior before they were released home.
According to the Watch Commander at the Fagatogo police station, the accident at Avau resulted in injuries but no other details were provided. 
A black pick up truck heading west collided with a bus that was heading in the opposite direction. This occurred at the curve in Avau close to the first store on the sea side of Nu’uuli.
KHJ News intern Karlina Sanchez who saw the accident said the pick up truck was all bent up.
Police vehicles, ambulances and a fire truck converged at the accident site and traffic was backed up as emergency crews worked to move the bus and the pick up from the road.
As this story is posted, our radio stations are fielding calls from listeners as to whether the Race Committee’s decision about disqualifying the four fautasi is final.
Others have enquired as to whether Governor Lolo Moliga will intervene and come up with a decision that would appease the anger and disappointment of fautasi and supporters.
One woman who called in from Tafuna suggested that the governor either allow all fautasi to race or call off the finals and give all fautasi equal amounts of cash to reward the villages and crews for their months of preparations, time and money.
A trainer for one of the fautasi in the finals, told KHJ News the Committee seems to have picked on infractions of only some of the long boats but not all.
He said some of the fautasi that the Committee has cleared for the finals on Monday also didn’t obey the pre set rules of the race.
The official said he predicts that the decision by the Committee will fan the tempers of the young people, crew members and supporters of village fautasi that have been cut out of the finals.
He commented the young people of today are not like when he was a young man when they obeyed the chiefs and listened to their elders. Rather, today’s youth have minds of their own and are hard to control.
And that’s what scares him of what may happen if the Committee doesn’t re-consider its decision.
The official, who’s also a matai of his village, is worried that there will be unpleasant repercussions if the disqualification stands.
His comments were made before the incidents at Malaloa and Aua.
