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Boy dies after being hit by truck

LIHU'E, Kaua'i — A 9-year-old Wailua Homesteads boy who was critically injured May 12 in a bicycle accident died May 18 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. Police said Gene Martin III was hit about 6:20 p.m. when he rode his bike off a driveway onto Kolopua Street and into the path of a pickup truck.

Snorkeler, 54, latest fatality at Hanauma Bay

A 54-year-old man died yesterday afternoon after he was pulled unconscious from Hanauma Bay.

The man, identified only as a visitor from Oklahoma, was snorkeling in the area known as "Witches Brew" with his son when he was seen floating face-down and being bashed against the rocks at about 11:30 a.m. He was brought out of the water, and lifeguards performed CPR.

Ocean Safety Capt. Kendall Rust said lifeguards and ambulance personnel worked on the man for about an hour before he was taken to The Queen's Medical Center. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, police said.

Rust said the Witches Brew is the roughest part of the bay, but conditions yesterday were "nothing out of the ordinary."

An autopsy will be performed.

Man killed in bulldozer accident

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — A Big Island construction worker was fatally injured Friday when he fell from the bulldozer he was operating and was run over.

The accident occurred while Jesse Young, 37, of Honaunau, was clearing land at Makalei Estates, police said.

The new housing project is under construction about half mile from Mamalahoa Highway near Kailua-Kona.

Police said they weren–t sure how Young came to fall off the bulldozer that continued on through a fence and over uneven ground before it came to stop on its own.

Young was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.