HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Woman taking dive tour dies
Advertiser Staff
A 35-year-old woman died yesterday at Castle Medical Center after being brought unconscious to He'eia Pier by a dive tour group.
Crew members from the woman's tour group were performing CPR on her when she was brought in from Kane'ohe Bay at 12:35 p.m. An autopsy has been ordered.
HONOLULU
NIMITZ HIGHWAY TO GET RESURFACED
The state will begin a year-long resurfacing project along Nimitz Highway on Monday, in part to repair rutting, particularly in the bus lane.
The $12.5 million project will continue previous work along Nimitz Highway and span a 1.6-mile strip from Fort Street down Nimitz Highway/Ala Moana Boulevard to Pi'ikoi Street.
Most of the work will be done at night, between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. from Sunday night to Friday morning.
Until April, the construction may close one lane in each direction as workers dig trenches and install street lights near Fort Street.
In mid-April, the state will begin replacing concrete bus stop pads along Ala Moana, which will require 24-hour weekend closures for 12 weekends.
O'AHU
WITNESS CATCHES ROBBERY SUSPECT
A 27-year-old man arrested yesterday afternoon on Ke'eaumoku Street on suspicion of second-degree robbery is also suspected of shooting three men earlier in the day with a BB gun in Mililani.
In the Ke'eaumoku incident, police said, a witness caught the man and choked him into unconsciousness after he allegedly snatched a purse from a 46-year-old woman at about 5 p.m. Police said they found evidence of drugs and paraphernalia on the man.
The man is also a suspect in a second-degree assault investigation stemming from injuries suffered by three men in the 1:45 a.m. shooting in Mililani.
WAIKIKI
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A DISASTER
The Waikiki Community Center will hold a one-hour seminar today on disaster preparedness for households.
The event starts at 10 a.m. at the center's auditorium. There is a $5 fee to attend.
