HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR031719KoloamandiesatSaltPondBeachTHE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
mqa MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
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News Release
For Immediate Release: March 17, 2019
KAUA`I POLICE DEPARTMENT
MICHAEL M. CONTRADES, ACTING CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Koloa man dies at Salt Pond Beach
HANAPEPE — A Koloa man was discovered unresponsive in waters off Salt Pond Beach
in Hanapepe on Sunday morning.
He has been identified as Jack Odo, age 60.
According to police, bystanders were walking along the shoreline around 9 a.m. when
they observed a man's body face down in the water. They pulled the man to shore, where they
began administering CPR.
Lifeguards and medics arrived to the scene and continued the effort, but were unable to
resuscitate the man. He was transported to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to a preliminary investigation, Odo was at Salt Pond after camping there
overnight and was last seen picking opihi on the rocks.
An autopsy is pending; however, foul play is not suspected in the cause of his death.