Woman dies after being hit by truck
A woman was fatally injured when she was hit by a truck while walking across Piilani Highway on Monday, Maui police said.
Police said Lynnette Marie Korinko, 49, of Kihei was hit at about 4 a.m. Monday on the highway near East Waipuilani Road in Kihei. Police say Korinko had walked across two lanes of traffic and stopped briefly on the highway’s double yellow lines before continuing. She reached the outside lane of traffic before being hit by a small truck traveling toward Maalaea.
The truck’s driver and two passengers were uninjured.
Korinko was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where she died.
Man charged in homicide due in court
A 36-year-old man suspected of assaulting and killing a man in Kalihi two months ago is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday in District Court.
Reuben Silva made his initial court appearance Tuesday. His bail remains set at $250,000.
He was charged Monday with manslaughter.
Silva was arrested Sunday in Waipahu on suspicion of second-degree murder after he allegedly assaulted James Simon on Jan. 20 on King Street in Kalihi. The 27-year-old victim was taken to the hospital with head injuries. Police said he died Feb. 18.
The Medical Examiner’s Office and said the victim died of head injuries caused when he fell on a hard surface, and ruled the manner of death a homicide.
A court document said witnesses reported Silva appeared angry as he looked for Simon. One witness saw him hit Simon, who "appeared unconscious as he fell to the ground."
Another witness confronted Silva when he saw Simon lying in the street, and Silva responded, "That’s what you get when you lie — you get cracks," the court document said.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Search resumes for lost visitor
County rescue personnel will resume their search today for a tourist who was swept into the ocean by a rogue wave on Kauai’s North Shore on Monday, county officials said.
Police identified him as Phua Chuan Chin, 62, of Singapore.
The Coast Guard suspended its search at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Searchers aboard the Fire Department helicopter and the Coast Guard conducted an aerial search Tuesday from Waikoko to the Kilauea Lighthouse. Other personnel on watercraft searched waters around Kalihiwai Bay. Police canvassed the shoreline.
At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Chin and three other people were walking along a rocky shoreline near Kalihiwai Point when he and another man were swept into the ocean by a powerful wave, the Fire Department said. The second man, 47, was able to swim to shore and was transported to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released for minor injuries.
