Parachute accident injures two

Advertiser Staff

Two tourists were injured this weekend when the parachute holding them 150 feet above Maunalua Bay collapsed, dropping the couple into the ocean.

A 28-year-old man remained in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center. The 27-year-old woman who fell with him was in guarded condition.

Capt. Richard Soo, HFD spokesman, said the parasailors were being towed by Sea Breeze Parasailing off Koko Marina shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday.

At 10:20 a.m., the gusting wind that had taken the pair 150 feet into the air suddenly stopped, causing the parachute to collapse and the couple to fall.

The boat that had been towing the pair picked them up and brought them to shore, where firefighters and paramedics met them, loaded them aboard an ambulance and took them to Queen's.