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BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Mayor Managing Director
COUNTY OF KAUA`I
KAUA`I FIRE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2018
ROBERT WESTERMAN, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-4980
Fax (808) 241-6508
Hiker airlifted from Ho`opi`i Falls
KAPA`A — Firefighters responded to a call of a female hiker in distress Monday afternoon
near Ho`opi`i Falls in Kapa`a.
Firefighters were notified of the incident around 1:30 p.m., when a 57-year-old woman
from Iowa reportedly fell and injured her leg while hiking along the trail.
Responding firefighters from the Kaiakea fire station hiked into the trail and located the
woman in the water, being tended to by a family member and a bystander near the rocks below
the falls.
Firefighters safely loaded the injured woman into a Stokes litter. Rescue 3 aboard Air 1
arrived and short -hauled the woman to a landing area at Kapahi Park, where awaiting medics
transported her to Wilcox Hospital for further treatment.