Bodyboarder rescued after hitting head
North Shore lifeguards rescued a 57-year-old bodyboarder who was knocked unconscious in high surf Saturday near the Ke Iki break.
According to an Emergency Medical Services report, the man hit his head on the ocean floor. Lifeguards spotted him face down in the water and brought him back to shore, where they administered CPR until paramedics arrived.
The man, a resident of Oahu, was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Road closed after car fells utility pole
A car knocked out a high-voltage pole on Kunia Road near Anonui Road on Saturday, closing the road for about five hours. The road was closed in both directions at about 7:15 a.m. and reopened at 12:15 p.m., police said.
There were no reports of customers without power.
Man rescued from inside cement truck
Firefighters rescued a man stuck in a hot cement tanker on Friday at Campbell Industrial Park.
The man was working inside the tanker at a business at 91-245 Oihana St. when he alerted co-workers that he couldn’t climb the ladder to exit the tanker, said Honolulu Fire Department inspector David Jenkins.
Firefighters arrived at about 11:40 a.m. and found the man barely conscious as temperatures surpassed 100 degrees inside the tanker, Jenkins said.
Firefighters lowered an oxygen mask to the man, and two firefighters entered the tanker and strapped the man into a harness. Firefighters pulled the man out by 12:17 p.m. He didn’t have any injuries, but was transferred to paramedics and taken to the hospital, Jenkins said.
Blessing begins 6-month project at Kekaha park
A blessing was held Friday to mark the start of the Kekaha Gardens Park improvements project on Kauai.
Over the next six months, Tomco Corp., the general contractor, will build a playground, basketball court, baseball field, dugouts and a comfort station. Picnic areas will be set up with benches and tables.
Landscaping and a paved parking lot also will be put in.
The job is scheduled for completion by the end of November, Kauai County said in a news release.
The Kekaha project, near the Western end of Ulili Road, is one of 38 that are part of Mayor Bernard Carvalho’s Holo Holo 2020 vision for Kauai.
To see a list of Holo Holo 2020 projects, go to the county website, www.kauai.gov.
Missing man is found safe in lava field
Hawaii island police have found a missing man walking in a lava field.
Police determined that Arthur Medina, 33, of Kailua-Kona got into a single-car accident on Tuesday morning. He apparently attempted to walk for help and became disoriented.
He was found at 8 a.m. Thursday in a lava field off the side of Highway 190 in Puuanahulu, about one-eighth of a mile south of Puu Waawaa Ranch, not far from where his car had been found on Tuesday.
He was taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
