Amtrak says unconscious passenger from Hawaii not injured by foul play

RENO, Nev. >> Amtrak says police have found no evidence of foul play related to severe injuries suffered by a 22-year-old train passenger who was found unconscious next to railroad tracks in Truckee, Calif.

The passenger, Aaron Salazar, is a 2015 graduate of Kaiser High School who attends Portland State University, where he majors in engineering.

Salazar lived in Hawaii Kai with his mother, sister and grandmother. He remains hospitalized in Reno, Nev., after being found May 15 while traveling from Denver to Portland, Ore.

Amtrak said Saturday that investigators reached out to more than 300 customers, crew and friends and found “no evidence of a physical altercation” while Salazar was on the train.

According to Amtrak’s statement, some people contacted said Salazar “expressed to them a number of life concerns and challenges.”

His family believes Salazar, who was gay, was attacked and didn’t jump from the train.

Salazar’s cousin, Sonia Trujillo, told the Star-Advertiser that Salazar suffered injuries to his head and brain, bruises to his rib cage and abdomen, a broken pelvis and nose and severe unexplained burns on the inside of his thighs — indication of a possible hate crime.

Injured hiker airlifted from Kaaawa trail

Honolulu firefighters rescued a 22-year-old man who was injured in a fall along the Crouching Lion Trail in Kaaawa.

The Honolulu Fire Department dispatched eight units staffed with 22 personnel in response to the 11:43 a.m. emergency call.

The man, who fell approximately 10 feet, was airlifted to a landing zone at Kaaawa Elementary School, where he was transported to the care of Emergency Medical Services.

Holiday parking ban in effect for Lanikai

Folks headed to Lanikai Beach this holiday weekend are being reminded that no parking is allowed on area streets and shoulders from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Monday.

The Department of Transportation has placed temporary “sawhorse” signs on streets in Lanikai and “no left turn” signs at the triangle intersection where South Kalaheo Avenue meets Kailua Road near Kalapawai Market.

An electronic messaging board is being used to convey parking restrictions at the entrance of Lanikai on Mokulua Drive.

DOT is advising those wishing to access Lanikai beach and/or the Lanikai Pillboxes Trail to walk, bike, take TheBus Route 70 to Lanikai or get dropped off.