A 39-year-old Honolulu man was taken to a hospital in critical condition after he was thrown from his motorcycle Tuesday in Waikiki.
Police said the accident occurred at 4:30 p.m. as the motorcyclist was traveling south on Saratoga Road near Fort DeRussy when he lost control and hit a curb.
The motorcyclist was thrown from his bike and hit a tree.
Police said the man was not wearing a helmet and was taken to the hospital with critical head injuries.
3 fishermen rescued from sinking boat
Three fishermen were rescued Monday after their homemade boat sank off Launiupoko Beach Park in Lahaina, Maui firefighters said.
The fishermen, ages 70, 50 and 30, were anchored and fishing when their 23-foot boat, Sonnie Boy, suddenly began filling with water about 500 yards offshore, firefighters said.
Firefighters responded at about 3:20 a.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard broadcast a request for assistance over marine radio and a private boat, Scorpio, responded and picked up the men, who were in the water with their life jackets on.
A fire rescue boat met the private vessel and took the men, who were in good condition, to the Mala boat ramp in Lahaina at about 5 p.m. Family members picked up the men.
A Coast Guard response boat notified the mariners of the location of the anchored, partially submerged boat. The owner, the 70-year-old man, is responsible for the boat’s salvage and recovery.
