POLICE BEAT
Bodysurfer dead off Sunset Beach
Advertiser Staff
A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead yesterday after being pulled from waters off Sunset Beach. Lifeguards, Emergency Medical Services workers, Honolulu firefighters and beachgoers tried to revive the man, who remained unresponsive, witnesses said.
North Shore Capt. Bodo Van Der Leeden of the city's Ocean Safety/Lifeguard Division said it happened at a small surf break inside Sunset Beach Point, about 300 yards to the right of the lifeguard tower.
"He was with friends. He got into trouble. The friends got him to the shoreline," Van Der Leeden said.
Emergency Medical Services District 1 Chief Pat Jones said the call came in about 11:37 a.m.
"He was bodysurfing, from what I understand, and his friends lost sight of him for a minute or two," Jones said.
The man was taken by ambulance to Kahuku Community Hospital.
TREASURE TAKEN IN BURGLARY
HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police are asking for public assistance in solving a Kurtistown burglary in which a substantial amount of valuable gold and silver items, including nuggets, coins and bars, was stolen.
The crime occurred in August at a home in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision. Also taken were two guns and two ivory chess sets.
To report information on the case, call Detective Richard Sherlock at (808) 961-2379, the police nonemergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 in Hilo or (808) 329-8181 in Kona.
MOTORCYCLIST STILL AT QUEEN'S
A 19-year-old Honolulu man remained hospitalized yesterday with injuries he received Monday in a motorcycle crash near Diamond Head.
Police said the motorcyclist was headed toward Waikiki on Monsarrat Avenue when he swerved around the right side of a passenger van that had stopped in front of him for a red light at Campbell Avenue.
The motorcyclist kept on going into the intersection and lost control of the cycle when he tried to avoid a car that was turning left off Monsarrat onto Campbell, police said.
Police said the motorcycle operator, who was not wearing a helmet, laid the bike down on its side and slid through the intersection before slamming into a fire hydrant.
He was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition with internal injuries, police said.
