Updated at 2:38 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Four sought in vicious Kaimuki assault
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu police are looking for four men who allegedly assaulted a man as he got off a city bus and left him in a coma on a street corner.At about 10:50 p.m. on Thursday, a man was found lying in the intersection of 16th and Wai'alae avenues. He was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he remained in a coma for three days before regaining consciousness.
The man told police he he had been struck on the back of the head when he got off a bus at 16th Avenue.
He has multiple abrasions and swelling to the head, police said
Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on a cellular phone. Free cellular calls are provided by Cingular, Nextel Hawaii, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless Hawaii.
