Man, 26, dies in single-vehicle crash

A 26-year-old Waianae man died after he was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Nanakuli.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Jeremy Alan Castro. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the exact cause of death.

At about 10:15 p.m. Sunday, police said, a vehicle driven by Castro was traveling south on Nanakuli Avenue at “a high rate of speed” when he lost control and traveled off the road and onto a grassy shoulder.

The vehicle veered back onto the road and struck an unoccupied parked vehicle before the Piilaau Avenue intersection.

Police said the vehicle then overturned and Castro was partially ejected. Emergency Medical Services said Castro was pinned by the vehicle. Firefighters arrived and extricated him.

Castro was transported in critical condition to a hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival.

Police said speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.

The crash is Oahu’s 15th traffic-related fatality this year compared with 14 at the same time last year.

Visitor hospitalized after near-drowning

Paramedics transported an 81-year-old California visitor to a hospital after he nearly drowned while snorkeling at Napili Bay on Maui.

Firefighters responded to a call shortly after 10:15 a.m. Sunday. The Maui Fire Department said the visitor was snorkeling with a family member when he was “found face-down and unresponsive in the water.”

“Bystanders pulled him to shore and performed CPR,” the Fire Department said in a news release. “The man quickly regained consciousness and began breathing on his own.”

Paramedics transported him to Napili Park, where he was flown in serious condition by a medevac helicopter to Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Child porn found in prostitution case

Hawaii County police charged a 42-year-old Mountain View man with promoting prostitution and possession of child pornography.

Police on Friday arrested Benjamin Krome during a prostitution investigation at a home in Kalapana.

Krome was charged Sunday with three counts of second-degree promotion of child abuse and promoting prostitution, which involved an adult prostitute.

No children were present, police said.

The child abuse charges involved digital images only, police said.

Krome is being held in lieu of $21,250 bail.