Nobody got hurt, but one council member said she’s concerned the director put public safety at risk.

A video of a white SUV driving the wrong way on H-1 last week elicited thousands of reactions on social media as users tried to figure out who was behind the wheel. Some compared it to the infamous highway police chase of O.J. Simpson in a white Bronco.

The driver, it turned out , was Honolulu Department of Emergency Services Director Jim Ireland.

Ireland was driving an official EMS vehicle toward Thomas Square and the Blaisdell Center to follow up on homeless complaints when he witnessed a man get hit by a car on Ward Avenue at around 11 a.m. on Aug. 27, Ireland said Thursday.

“It was an emergency situation with an individual running on the freeway — the lights and sirens were activa

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