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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, July 27, 2009

Injured hiker airlifted from Kauai's Hanakoa Valley


Advertiser Staff

LIHUE – Kauai County fire rescue personnel airlifted an injured hiker out of Hanakoa Valley on the island’s north shore last evening.

The hiker, a 29-year-old Kalaheo man, was with a friend on the Kalalau Trail when he was injured.
The man was flown to Princeville Airport at around 5:31 p.m., and paramedics then drove him to Wilcox Hospital.