HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Search for surfer ends with no luck
Advertiser Staff
The search has been called off for missing surfer Joaquin Velilla, 35, who was reported missing at 10:50 p.m. Thursday.
During the three-day search, HFD employed its helicopter, and personnel from its Sunset Beach and Rescue 2 units, according to spokesman Capt. Frank Johnson. The Fire Department called off the search at about 5 p.m. yesterday.
The Coast Guard and North Shore lifeguards also participated in the search.
Johnson said divers were in the water but were unable to search underwater ledges and caves because of the high-surf conditions.
Velilla, an experienced surfer, left his Hale'iwa home Thursday at 5 p.m. to go surfing at 'Ehukai Beach. His vehicle was at the beach park. An unidentified person found his board Thursday night and turned it in to HFD personnel on Friday.
MAKIKI
TRAFFIC FATALITY WAS 81-YEAR-OLD
The Medical Examiner's Office has identified the 81-year-old woman killed Saturday while crossing a Honolulu street as In Jae Kim, 81.
Kim was in critical condition after being struck by a car driven by a 69-year-old woman while crossing Young Street at Pi'ikoi, and later died at The Queen's Medical Center.
She was not in a crosswalk. Police said speed and alcohol were not factors in the accident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m.
KAILUA
HIKER RESCUED IN MAUNAWILI
Firefighters from the Olomana Station and Rescue 1 assisted yesterday in bringing out an injured female hiker in Maunawili. The woman was brought out safely on foot from the falls area at 5:36 p.m. Firefighters responded to a call for assistance at 4:45 p.m.
The hiker was not seriously injured.
