Bicyclist kills pedestrian, 80
An 80-year-old woman died early Sunday morning after she was struck in a Hotel Street crosswalk by a bicyclist who ran a red light, police said.
An Emergency Medical Services spokesman said the woman sustained head injuries Saturday after falling to the pavement and was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition. She died of her injuries at 2:21 a.m., police said.
The woman had been walking north in a crosswalk on Hotel Street when she was hit by the bicyclist, who disregarded a red signal while traveling east on Hotel Street, police said.
Hawaii News Now, citing the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office, identified her as Dionicia Leoning.
Fall from cliff injures fisherman
A fisherman fell 30 feet Sunday morning from a cliff near the Makapuu Lighthouse and was taken to a hospital in serious condition with open fractures to both legs and a large laceration to his head, Honolulu Fire Capt. Carlton Yamada said.
The victim was identified as a local man in his 20s.
He had been fishing with two friends Saturday night, and they were making the nearly 50-foot climb out when the man fell at about 7 a.m. Sunday, Yamada said.
The fisherman lost blood and had open fractures to both legs and "a rather big laceration to his head," Yamada said.
He was conscious and alert when firefighters airlifted him in the Fire Department’s Air 1 helicopter to a landing zone, where paramedics took him to a hospital, Yamada said.
Hiker with hurt knee rescued
A hiker who fell and couldn’t walk back down a trail above Lanikai was rescued Saturday by a fire helicopter.
The man, in his 40s, was hiking with two other people on Kaiwa Ridge Trail when he slipped and hit his knee on a rock at about noon Saturday, said Honolulu fire Capt. Carlton Yamada.
A fire helicopter plucked the man from the trail and took him to a nearby park, where he was transferred to paramedics who took him to the hospital.
