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Updated at 10:49 a.m., Friday, March 2, 2007

Autopsy today for man pulled from Punalu'u beach

Advertiser Staff

An autopsy will be performed today to determine cause and manner of death for a man who died at Punalu'u beach after being pulled from the water yesterday.

The case is tentatively classified by police as an unattended death.

Responding city paramedics from the Ka'a'awa Emergency Medical Services unit pronounced the man dead at the scene at 3:15 p.m., according to EMS spokesman Bryan Cheplic.