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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, December 4, 2005

HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Body boarder, 25, rescued on Kaua'i

Advertiser Staff

The Coast Guard rescued an injured man yesterday at Kipukai Beach on Kaua'i.

The 25-year-old man suffered a neck injury trying to get ashore after body-boarding. The Coast Guard got a call for assistance at about 2:48 p.m. and launched two boats with emergency medical personnel to the area, said spokesman Michael De Nyse.

The man was treated at the scene and flown to a hospital.

SWIMMER, HIT BY WAVE, DROWNS

A 38-year-old man from Hamburg, Germany, drowned Friday while swimming at Polihale Beach on Kaua'i.

According to police, witnesses said the man was swimming in the ocean at about 2:30 p.m. when he was struck by a wave that submerged him. He was not seen again until his body washed up on the shore, police said.

Police did not release the man's name.