2 dead, 1 injured in Kunia Road accident

Two people died and a third person was injured in a crash Saturday evening near Hawaii Country Club on Kunia Road.

Police closed Kunia Road between Kunia Store and Anonui Street to investigate.

Police said at least one car flipped in the crash, which happened south of Monsanto Hawaii at about 5:30 p.m.

A man and woman, both believed to be in their 30s, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to an Emergency Medical Services report. A 19-year-old man was taken to a local trauma center in serious condition, according to EMS.

3 stuck on crippled fishing vessel rescued

The Coast Guard rescued three people stranded aboard a disabled 46-foot commercial fishing vessel about 115 miles south of Honolulu Harbor on Friday.

The crew of the Lily Kaileia notified the Coast Guard Honolulu command center on Wednesday that they were disabled and adrift.

With the vessel drifting and no commercial or private vessel assistance available, the Coast Guard launched the USGC Kittiwake, a Marine Protector Class patrol boat home-ported in Honolulu, to tow the Lily Kaileia back to Honolulu Harbor.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Honolulu relieved the Kittiwake in towing the vessel at the entrance of the Port of Honolulu and brought the boat safely to the pier.

Firefighters battle renewed cane fire

An unscheduled sugar cane fire — possibly a flare-up from a brush fire a day earlier — kept Maui fire crews busy Saturday afternoon.

Fire crews from Kula and Makawao arrived around 2:15 p.m. at a fire about a mile southwest of the junction of Omaopio and Pulehu roads, in Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. cane fields. It moved into pastureland to the south of the cane fields, but was at least a mile from the nearest structure, fire officials said by email. No roads were closed.

The Fire Department’s Air 1 helicopter was on the scene, as were personnel from HC&S, Haleakala Ranch and Goodfellow Bros. Construction. Bulldozers are cutting firebreaks to try to prevent the fire from spreading farther.

The fire is believed to be a flare-up of the unscheduled sugar cane fire that began late Friday afternoon and burned about 50 acres. Saturday’s fire was 150 to 200 acres.