The Coast Guard and the Hawaii County Fire Department were expected to resume the search today for a man missing at sea.
Shane Roena, 48, fell into the water near Kaalualu Bay just before 6 p.m. Monday while trying to clean a cooler, the Coast Guard said.
His son, 10, saw him fall and then disappear shortly afterward. The two were fishing.
Two helicopter crews from the Fire Department conducted initial searches of the area. The boy was airlifted from the rocky shoreline to a landing zone, where he was picked up by his grandmother.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and C-130 Hercules from Barbers Point searched the area Tuesday while the crew of the cutter Galveston Island, home-ported in Honolulu, was en route, the Coast Guard said. The ocean was rough, with 40 mph wind and seas of 8 feet.
Fire crews searched the shoreline, meanwhile, and dive teams conducted underwater searches in the immediate vicinity, northeast of South Point. The fire helicopter searched the shoreline and up to 3 miles offshore, the Fire Department said.
Kauai
1 serious, 3 others injured in Kuhio Highway collision
A two-car collision left one man in serious condition and injured three others early Tuesday in Wailua.
Just after 7:30 a.m. a Toyota SUV was heading north on Kuhio Highway when it crossed the centerline and sideswiped a 16-passenger bus heading south, Kauai County said by email.
The driver of the SUV, a 39-year-old Lihue man, was taken to Wilcox Hospital with serious injuries and was later flown to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.
The driver of the bus, a 71-year-old Kapaa man, and his two male passengers were treated at Wilcox and released.
All lanes of Kuhio Highway near Marine Camp Road were closed during the investigation.
