An 80-year-old Waikiki man was in stable condition Wednesday night after he apparently drove his car through a second-story parking garage railing and landed on the ground level.
The man, a resident of the Waikiki Skyliner, located at 2415 Ala Wai Blvd., was in his parking stall and was attempting to leave, when he apparently thought he had the car in reverse, fire Capt. Scot Seguirant said.
Instead, he drove forward, went through the railing and his white Toyota four-door sedan landed nose down with the rear of the car up against the building, he said.
The fire department responded to the 5:55 p.m. alarm and sent four units with 14 personnel.
Firefighters first stabilized the car, then got the man out of the car.
Seguirant said the man was injured, but talking.
Emergency Medical Services personnel treated the man and transported him in stable condition to a hospital.
3 suspects charged in beating of hotel guard
Two men and a woman have been charged with attempted murder for allegedly beating a hotel security guard who was responding to a noise complaint in Kona, Hawaii island police said.
Wesley Samoa, 30, Lama Lauvao, 33, and Natisha Tautalatasi, 41, were charged Tuesday with second-degree attempted murder. Their bail was set at $250,000 each.
Police said the three suspects were in a black SUV in the hotel’s parking lot at about 12:25 a.m. Monday when the 63-year-old security guard approached the SUV in response to the noise complaint.
The suspects argued with the guard and assaulted him as he was sitting in the hotel’s security golf cart, then pulled him from the cart onto the parking lot driveway, according to police. The three suspects allegedly alternated punching and kicking the guard even after he appeared to lose consciousness.
Responding patrol officers arrested the suspects.
The security guard was flown to The Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition.
