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Updated at 1:37 p.m., Thursday, September 13, 2007

Four escape capsized boat off Makaha

Advertiser Staff

Four people escaped serious injury late this morning when the boat they were in capsized about 50 yards off shore from Mount Lahilahi in Makaha.

By 12:10 p.m., a man who was aboard the boat had made it to shore on his own, but was extremely exhausted, fire officials said.

The three other boaters appeared to be in good shape and were being assisted to shore, the officials said.

One of the boaters, a 23-year-old man, was taken to Hawaii Medical Center West in Waipahu, in stable condition, said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Ermergency Services Department.

No other information on the incident was immediately available.