HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR052218KFDBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
KAUA`I FIRE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: May 22, 2018
ROBERT WESTERMAN, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-4980
Fax (808) 241-6508
Fire personnel rescues victim after plunging his vehicle into Kalihiwai Bay
KALIHIWAI — Fire personnel from the Hanalei fire station rescued a 36-year-old Kilauea
man after he plunged the car he was driving into Kalihiwai Bay early Tuesday morning.
According to officials, dispatch received a call shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May
22, of a car possibly going off a cliff and hearing a crash on the Kilauea side of Kalihiwai Bay.
Once on scene, fire personnel discovered damage to a guard rail and a trail through the
vegetation left by the vehicle. Fire personnel deployed a surfboard and flashlight to the bottom
of the scene, since the height of the cliff obscured sight of the victim and vehicle.
Fire personnel located the vehicle upside down on rocks at the water's edge and the
driver who was outside of the car, alive, sustained injuries to his left leg, and had difficulty
breathing.
Rescue 3 assisted fire personnel and paddled the victim in on a rescue surfboard.
The man was transported to Wilcox Hospital, where he is in critical condition.