Brown water prompts West Maui advisory
State Health Department officials are warning swimmers and surfers to stay out of the water because of brown water conditions at a popular West Maui surf spot, where a fatal shark attack occurred in 2004.
Ocean Safety officials notified the Health Department about the turbid water conditions at S Turn, a surfing break at Pohaku Beach Park near Napilii, West Maui, prompting the alert.
The Health Department says the brown water is from pollutants from shoreline and inland sources.
In 2004, there was a fatal shark attack at S Turn during murky water conditions, the Health Department’s Clean Water Branch reported.
Utah visitor dies after being swept into sea
A 69-year-old Utah man apparently drowned in waters off Anini Beach, Kauai, on Sunday.
The man’s identity has yet to be released.
At about 3 p.m. Sunday the visitor was walking in shallow waters near the channel when he was swept into the ocean by a rip current, according to a county news release. Lifeguards arriving on personal watercraft saw beachgoers trying to rescue the man using paddleboards and a dive buoy. The man was unresponsive when firefighters initiated CPR. He was pronounced dead at Wilcox Hospital.
Kekaha man is identified as crash victim
Kauai police Monday identified a man killed Saturday in a car crash in Kipu as Jonathan Cruz, 56, of Kekaha.
At about 10 a.m. Saturday a 36-year-old Koloa man driving east on Kaumualii Highway in a Ford truck tried to overtake a Ford Mustang and cut in from the eastbound shoulder, a county news release said. The truck clipped the front end of the Mustang, causing the truck to cross the centerline and broadside a Chevy sedan driven by Cruz.He was pronounced dead at Wilcox Hospital.
The driver of the Mustang, a 27-year-old woman, did not need medical attention.
The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police arrested him when he was released from the hospital Saturday on suspicion of criminal property damage, reckless endangering, attempted assault, reckless driving and manslaughter. He was released pending investigation.
