A 32-year-old woman died after falling 50 feet at a waterfall in Nuuanu on Thursday afternoon. The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 12:38 p.m. call at Luakaha Falls. Five HFD units responded. Fire rescue personnel hiked to the scene and discovered the woman at the base of the falls at 12:56 p.m.

The woman was unconscious, had no pulse and was not breathing, HFD said in an email. Fire personnel airlifted the woman by helicopter to a landing zone near the Nuuanu Reservoir pumping station and transferred her care to Emergency Medical Services. EMS said paramedics treated the hiker and brought her by ambulance in critical condition to a hospital. The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that a hiker died, but no details were released.

Kema siblings can sue for wrongful death

The court-appointed special master in the Family Court case of Peter “Peter Boy” Kema Jr., who died at age 6 in 1997 from extreme child abuse, found that his estate and three siblings have legal grounds to file a wrongful death lawsuit.

Special Master Steve Lane filed on Thursday in Family Court in Hilo a status report to the court laying out details from the state Department of Human Services documents turned over to him that led him to conclude the department’s Child Protective Services failed on numerous occasions to protect Peter Boy. “Peter Boy should never have been returned to his parents from the hospital after his birth” because he was “medically fragile” and his parents were confirmed child abusers of his older siblings, Lane opined, concluding it was negligence.

His hospitalization for numerous fractures when he was just 3 months old indicated abuse, and CPS should have gotten permanent custody for the children, and ended parental rights for Peter Kema Sr. and Jaylin Kema. They have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the boy’s death.

Moped rider critical after hitting SUV

A 30-year-old moped rider was critically injured at about 4 p.m. Thursday in Haleiwa after he crashed into a sport utility vehicle, police said.

Police said the moped rider was traveling south on Kamehameha Highway toward Haleiwa, and was seen allegedly weaving in and out of traffic. Police said he crossed a double-solid line to pass several cars when he struck a 2016 Subaru SUV, driven by a 66-year-old Waialua woman. The moped operator was thrown from his moped and landed in a private parking lot. Emergency Medical Services responded to 66-200 Kamehameha Highway, where paramedics treated and transported the man in critical condition to The Queen’s Medical Center, authorities said. Speed was a factor in the collision, police said.

KAUAI

Monk seal returns to canal from which she was moved

A young endangered Hawaiian monk seal the state recently relocated to a beach from a canal in Kapaa has returned to the waterway.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said the 10-month old female seal identified as RH92 was seen at Lihi Canal a few days ago with an adult monk seal, RK13, feeding on small fish and discarded fish scraps.

On March 30, biologists and veterinarians relocated RH92 from the canal to a beach on Kauai’s west shore to protect her from fishing nets, hooks and potential boat strikes in the canal.

Over the past 2 1/2 years, two young seals were found dead in Lihi Canal. State officials believe they drowned after possibly getting tangled in fish nets.

In a news release, Jamie Thomton, Kauai marine mammal response program coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, said, “The last thing we want is to lose RH92, because she’s come back to Lihi, for the easy food of discarded fish guts, heads, and tails.”

Officials remind fishermen that it’s illegal to dispose fish scraps into the water. “We’re focusing outreach, education, and possible enforcement efforts on boat fishing, as this is where parts are coming from,” Thomton said.

Volunteers have posted signs at Fuji Beach requesting beach-goers to steer clear from RH92 after she was observed resting there a few days ago.

A radio transmitter has been attached to the monk seal’s back to allow biologists to track her movements.