Snorkelers who died were mainland pair
A husband and wife who died while snorkeling Friday at Hanauma Bay were identified Monday as Robert Jones, 60, and Jane Jones, 55, of Olympia, Wash.
A hiker saw the couple in distress at about 10:30 a.m. and called for help. Lifeguards found the couple more than 200 yards beyond a cove known as Witches Brew. The couple was brought back to shore on a rescue watercraft, but attempts at resuscitation were not successful.
Jane Jones, a social worker, was the founder of a free clinic in Washington and had spent the last six years as a senior clinic consultant with Empowering Community Healthcare Outreach, a group that helps to develop low-cost, sustainable clinics in economically disadvantaged communities.
Jones’ ECHO biography said she enjoyed "finding time in the sun (travel out of Washington!)."
Woman killed in traffic accident ID’d
The city Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the 87-year-old woman who died Sunday when her car sideswiped another vehicle in Kaneohe near the police station.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death for Mary Wuscher of Kaneohe.
Police said Wuscher was slumped over the steering wheel of her brown 2005 Toyota sedan and appeared to be unconscious when she hit a white 2011 Honda that was stopped at a traffic signal on Kamehameha Highway near Waikalua Road. The accident occurred at about 4:30 p.m.
The 29-year-old driver of the Honda was not injured.
Wuscher was taken in critical condition with internal injuries to Castle Medical Center, where she died.
