Teenage hiker slips off ledge, falls 6 feet
A teenage boy fell Monday from a ledge above the tidal pools at Makapuu.
Emergency Medical Services said the boy, 17, was taken in stable condition to a trauma center.
EMS reported the fall occurred at about 2 p.m.
The boy was hiking with a group of three other teens on a treacherous, unsanctioned trail when he slipped and fell six feet, fire Capt. Terry Seelig said.
The teens called 911 using a cellphone, and the Fire Department sent a helicopter and picked up three of the four teenagers, Seelig said.
They landed at Pohonu Point across from Sea Life Park, where an ambulance picked up the injured boy.
2 alleged squatters injured in house fire
A man and woman were hospitalized Monday following an early morning fire in a vacant Haleiwa home where fire officials think they were residing illegally.
Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire at 1:12 a.m. in the 59-000 block of Pupukea Road. The fire started in a bedroom over a garage of the vacant dwelling, which had no electrical service, fire spokesman Capt. Gary Lum said. The fire was extinguished at 2:20 a.m.
The man and woman were taken to Wahiawa General Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation, officials said.
The woman also was treated for minor burns.
Damage was estimated at $125,000, and the fire’s cause is under investigation.
