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Updated at 7:14 p.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2008

UH sailor's death off Waikiki ruled an accident

Advertiser Staff

Peter McGonigle Wenner of Los Angeles, a member of the University of Hawai'i coed sailing team, died from "complications of near drowning in salt water due to being entangled in a capsized sailboat," according to autopsy findings released today by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office.

Manner of death was determined to be accidental.

Wenner, 19, died yesterday at Straub Clinic & Hospital.

Police said Wenner was aboard a sailboat that capsized about two miles off Waikiki Saturday at 5 p.m. He became tangled in the sailboat's equipment and was trapped under water for between five and 10 minutes before being freed.