KAUNAKAKAI, Moloka'i — Today's normal Thursday residential trash pickup on Moloka'i has been canceled while officials investigate a pile of rusty metal cylinders discovered at the island's landfill.

The cylinders resemble military ordnance, and the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit arrived yesterday on Moloka'i to examine the material, said county spokeswoman Mahina Martin.

The county Department of Environmental Management has closed the landfill as a precaution, affecting garbage collection. Half the island's 652 households with refuse collection service normally get their trash picked up on Thursdays, and the other half on Fridays, Martin said.

Once the situation is resolved and the landfill reopened, the county will announce new garbage-pickup dates, she said.

WOMAN DIES AFTER VEHICLE HITS WALL

KAILUA, Kona, Hawai'i — A 77-year-old motorist died Tuesday after her sport utility vehicle hit a rock wall at the intersection of Lako Street and Hualalai Road.

The accident happened at 7:42 p.m. when a 2000 Honda traveling east on Lako Street went through the intersection and struck the wall, police said. The woman driver was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where she died at 8:25 p.m.

The woman's name has not been released. Police believe she may have suffered a medical problem prior to the crash. A coroner's inquest case has been initiated and an autopsy ordered.

KAPA'A MAN KILLED IN ONE-CAR CRASH

A Kapa'a man died yesterday of injuries suffered when his car crashed into a concrete wall and a tree on Kawaihau Road.

Police said Craig Miller, 34, was alone in a car that appeared to have been traveling at excessive speed. The vehicle slid onto a grass shoulder near the Pu'u Ka'a subdivision before it crashed about 12:30 a.m. yesterday. Miller died at Wilcox Hospital.

PUNA MAN CHARGED IN DOMESTIC CASE

HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police have charged Tionis Kiniol, 26, of Puna, with attempted second-degree murder in connection with a domestic violence incident in the Eden Roc subdivision on Sunday.

Kiniol allegedly attacked a 20-year-old woman with a machete and struck her on the head just before midnight, police said. A short time later, police officers stopped the woman and the suspect in separate cars on a roadway in the subdivision.

The woman was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she received treatment for her injuries and was released.

While investigating the case, detectives learned of another alleged violent incident over the weekend between Kiniol and the same woman, police said. As a result, Kiniol was charged Tuesday with first-degree terroristic threatening and one count each of misdemeanor and felony abuse of a family or household member.

Kiniol was being held at Hawai'i Community Correctional Center in lieu of $56,000 bail in connection with an unrelated bench warrant.

BIKER, 24, CRITICALLY HURT NEAR AIRPORT

A 24-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured yesterday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Honolulu International Airport.

The motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle collided shortly before 7 a.m. on Valkenburg Street near North Nimitz Highway.

The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition. His condition worsened to critical at the hospital, said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department.

PEARLRIDGE SEWER BREAK CONTAINED

Plant roots caused a crack in an 8-inch sewer pipe Tuesday night near 98-785 Iho Place in Pearlridge, resulting in a leak of about 1,200 gallons of sewage, the city said yesterday.

City crews responded and contained the spill within an hour, and none of the spill entered storm drains or waterways, the city said.

City officials notified the state Department of Health and warning signs were posted. The situation will be monitored, officials said.

KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUNDRAISERS SET

Friends of Kailua resident Eddie Segovia are holding fundraisers for his kidney transplant surgery later this year. Segovia, 29, is a driver for United Cerebral Palsy, a father of two and a youth basketball coach.

People may donate to an account, "Friends of Eddie Segovia," at any Hawaii National Bank branch. On Aug. 11, volunteers with fishnets will collect donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at two major intersections: near Castle Medical Center and near Windward City Shopping Center.

Friends will hold a fundraiser from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at Ohana Karaoke, 131 Hekili St. in Kailua.

Segovia is expected to undergo the transplant surgery in late 2007 at the University of California San Francisco kidney transplant facility. The kidney donor is Leanne Kahue, who is an aunt to Segovia's sons.

For more information, call Kahue at 392-4666 or leanne_h_cambra@yahoo.com.