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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO, JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES, JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: February 10, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Man dies of apparent drowning on Thursday
KEKAHA – A Kaua‘i resident died of an apparent drowning in waters off Kekaha on
Thursday afternoon.
Police have identified the man as 60-year-old Vern White.
At approximately 3:50 p.m., firefighters from the Waimea station responded to a call of a
swimmer in distress fronting St. Theresa Church.
Rescuers arrived to the scene to find two bystanders trying to assist the man after they
heard him calling for help. Firefighters swam out to the patient and brought his unresponsive
body to shore using a rescue tube and rescue board.
White was transported by awaiting medics to Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
This is Kaua‘i’s fourth drowning of 2017.
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