Firefighters rescued a 19-year-old man who fell 50 feet while hiking in Waianae Valley Saturday morning.
The man was hiking with two friends to Mount Kaala about 10:30 a.m. when he fell off a ledge, dropped about 50 feet and landed on another ledge, said Honolulu Fire Department Battalion Chief Geoffrey Chang. The man sustained injuries to his head, jaw and arm.
Firefighters rescued the man with a helicopter and took him to Kaneaki Park where he was transferred to paramedics and taken to the Queen’s Medical Center. An Emergency Medical Services spokeswoman said paramedics treated the man and took him to the hospital in serious condition.
Discovery of body prompts murder probe
Maui police have opened a second-degree murder investigation following the discovery of a man’s body early Saturday morning near Ka‘a Point in Kahului.
Police said the body appeared to have sustained injuries.
The body was discovered around 12:30 a.m.
A blue pickup truck was found unattended in close proximity to the victim.
Police have identified the victim but are withholding release of the name until his family is notified.
The cause of death is unknown pending the results of an autopsy. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Central Dispatch at 244-6400 or Maui Crime Stoppers at 242-6966.
Body found in brush fire is identified
Maui police have identified the man whose burned body was found at the site of an Olowalu brush fire earlier this month as 58-year-old Greg Early.
Early, a Kihei and Tenmile, Ore., resident, was found the morning of March 11 as firefighters were mopping up after battling a small brush fire, firefighters said. Firefighters discovered Early’s body next to a burned-out truck and both appeared to have burned in the fire, firefighters said.
The fire broke out about 2:10 a.m. March 11 and burned 8 acres along Honoapiilani Highway between Olowalu dump and Kai Hele Ku-Launiupoko. It spread quickly due to strong winds and jumped the highway.
Firefighters contained the fire by 7:30 a.m. The cause of the fire was not determined. Police said Early’s cause of death was pending autopsy results.
