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STAR-ADVERTISER / JULY 2015

Manoa Falls cascaded with water on July 10, 2015. An autopsy will be held to determine the cause of death of a 19-year-old woman who died Friday from injuries she sustained two days earlier at Manoa Falls.

An autopsy will be held to determine the cause of death of a 19-year-old woman who died Friday from injuries she sustained two days earlier at Manoa Falls.

The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Kristi Takanishi.

A group of hikers reported hearing a thud and found a female unconscious at the base of the Manoa Falls Wednesday night. They brought her out of the water.

Firefighters hiked up the trail and airlifted her to Manoa District Park where she was taken by ambulance in critical condition to the hospital.

21 responses to “Hiker injured at Manoa Falls dies”

  1. aomohoa says:

    May she RIP. How sad. Slipping can happen so fast.

  2. Bdpapa says:

    Thud! That ain’t good. Too bad, too young to die!

  3. Keonigohan says:

    Godspeed to her family & friends.

  4. jeffhonolulu says:

    A local or visitor??

    • Workingrl says:

      Does it matter? The poor young woman is dead. Question is, why was she there alone?

      • inverse says:

        It does to help find out if this was an accident, possibly suicide or possibly even homicide if there was others involved. Was she depressed? Drug problems? Most reasonable people would not be hanging out over Manoa falls after dark as it is incredibly dangerous as most residents know, or for children their parents should have told them how many people have died from falls at Manoa falls.

        • NanakuliBoss says:

          STOP!

        • aomohoa says:

          Give me a break! You are watching too much TV.

        • jeffhonolulu says:

          So. KITV says Kristi was a Kaiser Grad !!!

        • roughrider says:

          Not only was she a Kaiser grad, she was the top valedictorian of her class, an accomplished dancer and a pre-med student at University of Washington.

          Shame on you, inverse! And, by the way, she was with a friend when she fell.

  5. kiragirl says:

    Sad. May God Bless.

  6. WizardOfMoa says:

    Sincere condolences to the family. So young, so soon. What a tragedy to endure when least expected! RIP!

  7. Workingrl says:

    What was she doing there alone?

  8. paniolo says:

    My deepest ALOHA to her ohana.

  9. justmyview371 says:

    Of course, this is going to cost the State and therefor us.

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