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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: May 13, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Male visitor dies while hiking Hanakāpī‘ai Trail
HANAKAPIAI – A male visitor died while hiking along the Hanakāpī‘ai Trail on Friday
evening.
Police have identified him as 71-year-old Chandra Vemuri of India.
At approximately 7 p.m., firefighters from the Hanalei station and Rescue 3 responded to
a report of a man who had collapsed while hiking, approximately one and a half miles from the
Kē‘ē Beach trailhead. Bystanders were performing CPR on the unresponsive male when
firefighters arrived to the scene, but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
The responding firefighters hiked the man back to the trailhead. Awaiting medics then
transported the victim to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Foul play is not suspected in the cause of his death. An autopsy is pending.
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