Posted on: Monday, June 20, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Mililani man dies after car crash
Advertiser Staff
A Mililani man died at Kapi'olani Medical Center at Pali Momi yesterday about an hour after his car crashed on Ali'ipoe Drive in 'Aiea.
Police vehicular homicide investigators said the man, 51 years old, may have had a medical condition that contributed to the 8:35 a.m. crash.
The man was driving a 1987 green Pontiac sedan northbound on Ali'ipoe Drive when he veered to the west, hit two rock walls and crashed into a tree. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m.
The medical examiner's office would not release his name until identification is confirmed. An autopsy will be performed.
Police said speed, alcohol or drugs do not appear to be factors.
The death is tentatively classified as a traffic fatality, O'ahu's 40th of the year as compared with 34 at this time last year, but the status could change if a medical condition is involved.
The medical examiner's office yesterday identified a 47-year-old man who apparently drowned Saturday at Ko Olina Resort & Marina as Edward Felipe Jr. of 'Ewa Beach.
Firefighters recovered Felipe's body from the bottom of the resort's first lagoon at 6:15 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m.
Police had gone to the resort shortly before 5 p.m. to investigate a call from Ko Olina security about unattended children, ages 9 and 6, on the beach. Felipe, the father of the children, had gone to look for the younger child, who had been on a bodyboard that drifted out from the beach. Unbeknownst to Felipe, a beachgoer had brought the child back to shore.
Police said a 12-year-old boy swimming in the first lagoon found Felipe's body.
The case was classified as an unattended death.
In another unattended death case, the medical examiner's office said the visitor who died Friday at Straub Hospital & Clinic after being pulled from Hanauma Bay was Sharon Thomson, 48, of Colorado. Thompson was pronounced dead at 8:34 a.m.
Paramedics and fire rescue specialists yesterday brought out a man who became ill while on a hike in Nu'uanu.
The man, who is in his 50s, suffered an apparent "cardiac event" about a mile in on a trail between the Nu'uanu Reservoir and pumping station, officials said. He was brought out about 1:30 p.m. and taken to The Queen's Medical Center.
The Maui Department of Water Supply is asking that consumers in the Central and South Maui regions voluntarily conserve water while workers repair a motor in Shaft 33 of the 'Iao aquifer.
The repairs are expected to be completed by the middle of this week.
The Wailuku shaft, which contains wells that have pumped 5 million gallons per day since 1992, is the single biggest source of water for South and Central Maui.
For more information, call Joseph Mendonca, water systems superintendent, at (808) 870-8884.
Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2007 will have a HI 5¢ can and bottle fundraising drive Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school's parking lot.
Additional HI 5¢ drives are scheduled at the school July 9 and Aug. 6. For information, e-mail kailua2007@hotmail.com or call 261-1361. Project Graduation is a post-commencement all-nighter during which graduates can enjoy their last day together as a class in a safe, alcohol- and substance-free setting.
Hawai'i residents who are survivors of the 1945 atomic blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are once again being asked to visit with a medical team from Japan for free comprehensive health testing.
About 100 survivors from the bombings are living in Hawai'i. Izumi Hirano, president of the Hawai'i chapter of the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors, said the medical team has been coming to Hawai'i every other year for about 20 years.
The examinations will take place Friday through Sunday at Kuakini Medical Center. Survivors needing more information can call Hirano at 422-1489.
August marks the 60th anniversary of the bombings. An estimated 140,000 died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima by the United States on Aug. 6, 1945. Approximately 74,000 more were killed as a result of the bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9. Japan surrendered to the Allies on Aug. 14, ending World War II.
Body found in lagoon identified
Ill hiker brought out from trail
Consumers asked to conserve water
School hosts grad fundraiser
More tests for bomb survivors
