HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Mail carrier dies in lamppost crash
Advertiser Staff
A 50-year-old mail carrier who died yesterday after hitting a lamppost with her U.S. Postal Service vehicle may have had a medical condition, police said.
The accident happened about 11:53 a.m. on Halema'uma'u Street in Niu Valley.
Police said the woman was weaving slightly just before the crash, when she veered and hit a lamppost.
The impact of the crash toppled the lamppost on top of the mail carrier, who had been ejected onto the sidewalk, police said.
The woman, from Hawai'i Kai, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center with severe head injuries.
Speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash. The victim was not using a seatbelt.
The fatality is the 76th of the year so far, compared with 60 at the same time in 2005.
BIG ISLAND
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN SEX ASSAULT
Big Island police are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect in a sex-assault case whom they consider armed and dangerous.
Hauoli "Ikaika" Silva, 19, a frequent visitor to the Puna area, is wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a girl, according to Big Island police detective Benton Bolos of the East Hawai'i Criminal Investigation Division. Silva may be employed in the South Kohala area.
Because he is considered dangerous, police are warning the public not to approach or attempt to apprehend Silva, the detective said. If Silva is spotted, call Bolos at (808) 961-8883 or (808) 935-3311.
Silva is 5 feet 11 inches and weighs about 200 pounds. He has brown eyes and short black hair.
NU'UANU
JUMPER KILLED IN KAPENA FALLS LEAP
A 20-year-old man was killed yesterday at Kapena Falls in Nu'uanu.
Emergency Services Department spokesman Bryan Cheplic said the man jumped about 25 feet off the rocks at the falls about 12:52 p.m.
He died at The Queen's Medical Center.
HAWAI'I KAI
GROUNDBREAKING SET FOR DOG PARK
Mayor Mufi Hannemann and Councilman Charles Djou will be on hand at the groundbreaking of the Hawai'i Kai Dog Park, on the corner of Kalaniana'ole Highway and Keahole Street at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Dogs are welcome for a walk- through of the future dog park on Wednesday. Visitors to the new park will be asked to sign up to help out at the Make a Difference Day work party that will be from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 28.
The park is a joint project of the city Department of Parks and Recreation and Hui 'Ilio Hawai'i, a nonprofit group formed to help build the dog park. Jobs will include clearing the land to prepare the dog park for the planting of grass and fence construction.
The group hopes to have 100 volunteers helping to pull weeds, trim plants and pick up trash.
Volunteers are asked to bring shovels, hoes, picks, trowels, rakes and pruning shears, and to wear work gloves, sunscreen and a hat. To sign up, e-mail hui-ilio@hawaii.rr.com.
MAKAPU'U
PARAGLIDER KILLED TRYING TO LAND
A paraglider in his 40s died yesterday after being caught in power lines near Makapu'u.
The accident happened about 10 a.m., when the man was attempting to land.
Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Services Department, said the man was caught in the lines, then fell about 35 feet to the ground.
WAIKIKI
FILM TO PREMIERE AT BEACH EVENT
The Sunset on the Beach screening of "Sharkwater," about the world's billion-dollar shark-fishing industry, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. today.
The film, directed by biologist Rob Stewart, is making its Hawai'i premiere on the beach as part of the ongoing Hawaii International Film Festival.
It follows Stewart on a four-year, 15-country journey around the world as he shows how the fishing industry threatens the survival of the world's shark population.
The film will be shown Tuesday night at the Dole Cannery Stadium Theatre and Saturday in Hilo.
