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HONOLULU
Bicyclist killed in accident
A 70-year-old Honolulu man riding his bicycle was hit by a pickup truck and killed yesterday morning.
The accident occurred at about 10:20 a.m. on Captain Cook Avenue near Alapa'i Street. Police said the bicyclist had just gotten off the H-1 Freeway overpass that leads to Captain Cook when the Ford truck hit him.
Police said the man, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered serious head injuries. The pickup truck was driven by a 41-year-old Honolulu man. He was not injured.
The fatality was the 33rd this year, compared with 37 at the same time last year.
Japanese woman rescued from pool
A woman from Japan was in guarded condition last night after she was found submerged in the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel swimming pool.
The woman, described as in her 30s, was in the pool with her husband yesterday afternoon when the man decided to take a break. The man returned and saw his wife under water, said HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada.
The man ran for help and the woman was pulled from the water just before 4 p.m. by pool attendants who began emergency respiratory procedures.
She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center where she was in guarded condition last night.
NORTH SHORE
HFD continues La'ie Point fire investigation
Fire investigators will return today to a La'ie Point home that was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
The fire at 55-072 Naupaka St. was reported at 3:09 p.m. Firefighters found the rear of the two-story home engulfed in flames.
Firefighters initially had problems getting to the back of the home because it was at the water's edge, said HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada. It took seven fire companies about 45 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
Two women escaped the fire without injury, Tejada said. Two cats were unaccounted for last night.
Tejada said investigators believe the fire began in a bottom-floor bedroom, but the cause was under investigation. Damage was estimated at $410,000.
Siren testing startles citizens
Some North Shore residents were startled to hear Civil Defense sirens go off yesterday at 2:02 p.m. and wondered what the emergency was.
However, Wayne Jones, acting administrator for O'ahu Civil Defense, said workers were testing the siren at Waimea Bay, which failed to go off Monday during the regular first-of-the-month test.
Jones said state Civil Defense contacted local radio and TV stations to alert the public to the test, but apparently not everyone got the word. He said the test was one 30-second blast, and that the siren worked correctly.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Woman killed by truck identified
WAILUKU, Maui — The woman killed Monday morning when her bicycle was hit by a delivery truck on Waiehu Beach Road was identified by police yesterday as Saundra de Savien.
Police said the 57-year-old woman had no local address.
Both she and the delivery truck were heading south on Waiehu Beach Road near the Lower Main Street intersection at 7:29 a.m. when the accident occurred in the right-turn lane.
It was Maui's seventh traffic fatality of the year, compared with 11 at the same time last year.
WINDWARD
Kailua plans fun for July Fourth
Kailua's celebration for the Fourth of July will include an air show at 6:30 p.m., entertainment from 2 to 7:30 p.m. and food booths from noon to 6 p.m. before the fireworks display at 8 p.m. at Kailua Beach Park.
The day begins with a Freedom Run/Walk at 7:30 a.m. starting at Kailua High School. A parade at 10 a.m. will follow along North Kainalu Drive, with 125 units, including the Punahou School cheerleaders and the Daughters of the Nile Dance Theatre belly dancers, and a candidates' tent at the end of the parade at Kailua Intermediate School.
Entertainment at Kailua Beach Park will feature Maika'i Kela, a contemporary Hawaiian band; Pau Hana, with traditional Hawaiian music; and a Polynesian revue by Encore Entertainment.
EAST HONOLULU
School honors 30th birthday
The Japan-America Institute of Management Science on Hawai'i Kai Drive is celebrating its 30th anniversary of training business leaders in the Asia-Pacific region at its nonprofit postgraduate school with a weeklong event that started Monday and will be highlighted by an open house today.
The school provides training through its intercultural management program that prepares non-English speakers to conduct business with American firms. Alumni will participate in a two-day seminar featuring Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ikujiro Nonaka and Larry Prusak. An open house is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the school, at 6660 Hawai'i Kai Drive.
