Posts tagged death

• Emily Midgley Dies in Big Island Hay Ride on Halloween

  Wayne Parsons | November 02, 2009 11:47 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Star Bulletin story Halloween hay ride proves fatal to Big Isle girl, 7 reports that Emily Midgley of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates jumped off of a trailer at the end of a hay ride and was run...

• FDA commissioner endorses legislation to improve food safety.

  Wayne Parsons | October 23, 2009 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Los Angeles Times (10/23, Zajac) reports, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Thursday strongly endorsed legislation that would give her agency new tools to improve...

• Micronesian Crewman Killed in Boat Fire on M/V Manaloa at Pier 38

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 5:44 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Manaloa, a 75-foot fishing vessel had just returned from 30 days at sea with 20,000 pounds of Ahi in the hold. The crew had gone ashore to rest and one crew member was on the Manaloa when a fire...

• Benjamin Makekau and Ikaikakane Makekau Victims of Fatal Kalanianaole Crash

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 5:02 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The car left the road and went airborne and crashed into a tree and the roof of the Oceanic Institute building. The occupants, Benjamin Makekau, 20, and his brother Ikaikakane Makekau (19) were dead...

• Sara Sutton Dies In Single Car Crash In Hilo

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Speed and alcohol may have been involved in the tragic death of Sara Sutton, an 18-year-old Big Island resident. According to KITV News Police found the crashed 2000 Honda two-door sedan...

• Why Did Kenneth Richard Owens' Parachute Fail To Open?

  Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 5:27 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a tragic story, Kenneth Richard Owens is dead today after his parachute failed to open during a sky dive on the North Shore Monday. Owens, a 27-year-old Pearl Harbor-based Navy diver, was set...

• Separate Wahiawa And Kunia Motorcycle Crashes Leave One Dead And One Critical

  Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 4:22 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The motorcycle was headed toward Haleiwa at about 1:15 p.m., just past Wahiawa, when it crossed the centerline on a curve on Kaukonahua Road and crashed into an oncoming car one mile past Wilikina...

• Federal Highway Administration Studies Cause Of Motorcycle Crashes

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 6:30 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Hawaii247 reports that the Federal Highway Administration is conducting an ambitious new study to better understand and prevent motorcycle crashes, Administrator Victor Mendez...

• Injured Tourist Airlifted from Hanakapiai Beach On Kauai

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Hiking to remote beaches can be risky as a 52-year-old Canadian tourist learned this week. After injuring his legs at Hanakapiai Beach on Kauai, KITV reports that a tourist was rescued and airlifted...

• Three Young Men Die in Waihee Single Car Car Crash

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:58 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Maui family struggles to cope with the triple loss of two brothers and their cousin accoirding to a report from the Star Bulletin by Wendy Osher on 07 October 2009. The two brothers and their...