POLICE BEAT
Victim in Kauai crash identified
Advertiser Staff
The Honolulu medical examiner's office has identified the 14-year-old boy who died Saturday at The Queen's Medical Center from injuries suffered in a car crash on Kaua'i Thursday night as Clarence Luczon of Kapa'a.
Luczon was driving a Honda sedan that veered off Koloa Road and crashed into a tree at 10:05 p.m. Thursday, according to Kaua'i County spokeswoman Mary Daubert.
A 19-year-old California man and a boy, 16, from Lihu'e, who were passengers in the car, were taken to Wilcox Hospital with undisclosed injuries.
It was not known if the car was stolen, Daubert said.
The death is the fifth traffic fatality of the year and second this month on Kaua'i.
VISITOR PULLED FROM BAY DIES
A 71-year-old visitor from Japan died at Straub Clinic & Hospital yesterday after being brought to shore by lifeguards at Hanauma Bay.
The victim was identified by the Honolulu medical examiner's office as Michiko Nakajima of Tokyo.
Police have classified the case as an unattended death pending an autopsy today.
Police were notified at 12:30 p.m.
Lifeguards performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the victim until an ambulance arrived, said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department.
BIG ISLE CRASH VICTIM DIES
A 33-year-old man critically injured in an early morning car crash Thursday on the Big Island died yesterday at The Queen's Medical Center.
Big Island police identified the man as Joseph Theodore Herrold of Waimea.
According to Traffic Enforcement Unit investigator Sgt. Christopher Gali, Herrold was driving a 2004 Hyundai sedan that ran off the roadway and overturned at 2:27 a.m. Thursday on Route 190.
Herrold, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car. He was taken to North Hawai'i Community Hospital before being transported to Queen's. Police believe speed and alcohol were contributing factors.
The death is the Big Island's 20th traffic fatality of the year, the same number as on the same date in 2006.
