Man dies after collapsing on Kauai trail
A visitor from India died Friday after collapsing while hiking the Hanakapiai Trail on Kauai.
Police identified the man as Chandra Vemuri, 71.
Vemuri collapsed at about 7 p.m. Friday while about 1 1/2 miles into the trail from the Kee Beach trailhead, police said.
Good Samaritans were performing CPR when firefighters arrived, but Vemuri could not be resuscitated.
Firefighters carried him back to the trailhead, and paramedics took him to Wilcox Medical Center where he died.
An autopsy is pending.
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