Paraglider is injured in hard landing

Paramedics treated a 37-year-old female paraglider and took her to the hospital in serious condition after she experienced a "hard landing" Tuesday near the Mokuleia polo field across from Dillingham Air Field.

Emergency Medical Services said the incident occurred at 10:30 a.m.

Inmate fails to return from work furlough

State sheriffs and police are looking for a 27-year-old Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate who failed to return to the Kalihi facility Monday night while on a work furlough pass.

Public Safety officials said Jarrett Derego was out looking for a job and did not return at the scheduled time of 5 p.m. He was in the beginning stages of the work furlough program.

Police and deputy sheriffs were notified at 6:20 p.m. of the escape.

Derego was serving time for violating a protection order and for car theft. His sentence was to end Sept. 14, 2016, a prison official said. Once captured, he will be charged with second-degree escape and will face additional prison time.

Derego is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 202 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

UH students alerted to possible gunman

The University of Hawaii got a real-life test of its emergency alert system Tuesday, just minutes after conducting a scheduled test.

Honolulu police notified Honolulu Community College that a man, possibly carrying a rifle, was seen on Dillingham Boulevard near the college at about 10:15 a.m.

HCC and the UH system sent out a security alert at about 10:36 a.m. warning students to be alert for a possible gunman wearing khaki shorts without a shirt.

The all-clear was issued at about 10:52 a.m., letting students know that police had checked the area and found no sign of a gunman.

The real-life security alert went out about 15 minutes after the test alert and began, "This is not a test."