Police name man who drowned at Kua Bay
Hawaii County police have identified the 54-year-old man who died last week at Kua Bay in Kona as Robert Gregory Osborne of Holualoa.
Police said Osborne had been pulled from the water at Kua Bay on April 16. He was spotted floating in the water and was pulled to shore by people who tried to resuscitate him.
Fire personnel arrived and transported him to the Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said an autopsy showed Osborne died of drowning.
Man’s body retrieved from ocean
Police officers, firefighters and paramedics responded to Ala Moana Regional Park on Tuesday morning to retrieve the body of a 66-year-old man from the ocean off the Ewa side of Magic Island.
Emergency Medical Services said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident was reported at 5:57 a.m.
Hikers OK after night stuck in mountains
Two 22-year-old men who spent Monday night in the Koolau Mountains near Laie Falls walked out on their own Tuesday after rejecting help from firefighters.
Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Dave Jenkins said the pair planned to hike to Laie Falls behind the Mormon Temple and then decided to hike to Pupukea.
The Fire Department received a cellphone call from the two men, who were unable to complete their hike, at 7:44 p.m. Monday, Jenkins said.
The two did not have flashlights. They were advised to take shelter and stay put until Tuesday morning.
Fire rescue personnel set up a command post Tuesday at the Boy Scout camp at Pupukea to coordinate a rescue effort.
But the two men declined any assistance from firefighters Tuesday when the sun came up, and the men walked out on their own.
The pair did not tell firefighters where they intended to end their hike Tuesday, Jenkins said.
