Boy and dad hurt in pocket bike crash
A 4-year-old boy and his father were injured when the miniature motorcycle, commonly known as a pocket bike, they were riding crashed on Waikalua Road in front of Kaneohe Beach Park shortly before 4:40 p.m. Friday.
A resident at the scene of the crash said the boy was riding in front of his father on the pocket bike when the father, 38, tried to stop to avoid a car that was backing out of a driveway at the bottom of the road. The man crashed on the side of the road, injuring himself and his son.
The resident said he carried the boy, who was bleeding from the head and crying, into his garage to tend to him while someone called 911. The man blacked out for a few seconds, he said. They were taken in serious condition by ambulance to a hospital.
Police hunt for woman wanted on warrant
Hawaii island police are looking for a 25-year-old Kapaau woman wanted on a warrant and for questioning in an unrelated robbery case.
Malia Rivera is wanted on a $10,000 bench warrant for violating probation in an abuse case, police said Thursday, and she is also wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery and assault investigation.
She is described as Hawaiian, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and long brown hair.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Detective Sandor Finkey at 326-4646, ext. 281, or the Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
Teen nabbed for allegedly swiping purse
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy Thursday morning for allegedly stealing a 25-year-old woman’s purse at a Kaimuki restaurant Tuesday.
Police said the boy allegedly took the purse while the woman was sitting in a restaurant at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft. He was released later Thursday morning pending further investigation.
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Snorkeler sent to Maui hospital
A 63-year-old female tourist from Washington state was taken in critical condition to Maui Memorial Medical Center after rescuers pulled her from Honolua Bay in West Maui on Thursday morning.
Maui firefighters and Napili Ocean Safety rescue personnel responded to a call of a swimmer in distress at 9:20 a.m. The woman was snorkeling when someone on shore noticed her yelling for help.
Rescuers found the Mount Vernon, Wash., woman unconscious and facedown in the water. She was brought to shore, where firefighters began CPR before an ambulance took her to the hospital.
