Updated at 2:19 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2007
Woman injured in Diamond Head landslide
Advertiser Staff
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"She wasn't buried, she was hit by some falling debris," said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. "The amount of land that shifted was as big as our ambulance."
He said the 44-year-old woman was sitting or lying on the beach below the lookout when rocks above dropped onto the beach.
Cheplic said the woman's companions called for an ambulance and helped her climb the path to Diamond Head road where emergency medical services crews picked her up.
"She was able to walk with assistance; she was conscious and talking," Cheplic said.
The accident occurred on the beach below on the Waikiki side of the path. Cheplic could not say if the woman was a local resident or a visitor.
Cheplic said she was taken by ambulance to The Queen's Medical Center, where hospital officials said no information was being released on her condition.
