Snorkeling trip fatal for Tennessean
A 48-year-old Tennessee man died Wednesday while snorkeling off Kauai’s Na Pali Coast.
The visitor was part of a charter group whose boat stopped in an area off Nualolo Kai, a popular, tranquil and remote snorkeling spot.
At about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, fellow swimmers found the man in distress and brought him to shore, according to the Kauai Fire Department. Bystanders performed CPR until fire rescue crews arrived and took him to the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
His identity was not released Thursday. This was the 12th drowning on Kauai so far this year.
In April, Kauai County officials launched a short ocean safety video at Lihue Airport in response to 11 drownings since the beginning of the year, most involving visitors.
Woman injured as truck rolls down ravine
A 32-year-old Anahola, Kauai, woman was hospitalized after a pickup truck she was driving rolled down a ravine in Kealia early Thursday, police said.
The woman was driving north on Kuhio Highway near the entrance to the Kealia Kai community at about 3:15 a.m. when the truck crossed the centerline, hit a light pole on the southbound shoulder and rolled about 50 feet down a ravine, police said.
Firefighters and medics freed the woman from the truck cab at about 5:30 a.m. and took her to Wilcox Hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.
Kuhio Highway was closed in both directions for about two hours.
Drifting kayak spurs search for fisherman
Rescuers searched the sea off Hawaii island Thursday for a 66-year-old Waikoloa man whose kayak was found floating 300 yards from the Kawaihae Harbor entrance.
A fire official said a fisherman reported the kayak adrift sometime between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Thursday.
The missing man is described as Caucasian, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, wearing black shorts and a fishing shirt. His green kayak was carrying fishing gear and a cooler.
The Coast Guard sent an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Barbers Point to join Fire Department helicopters and boats. The Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake was also sent out.
Any sightings should be reported over VHF marine radio channel 16 or called in to 842-2600.
Man hurt in fall through warehouse roof
A 51-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after he fell through the roof of a warehouse Thursday afternoon in Mapunapuna.
Paramedics were called to the warehouse on Ahua Street just before 2 p.m. and treated the man after he fell about 25 feet, according to an Emergency Medical Services report.
