A 66-year-old Canadian visitor apparently drowned yesterday on Kaua'i's south shore.

The man was on a snorkeling tour near Kuhio Shores at around 1:40 p.m. when he ran into difficulty, a news release from Kaua'i County said.

The instructor was assisting the man to shore when firefighters from the Koloa station arrived. Soon afterward, lifeguards from the Po'ipu tower arrived on a Jet Ski and brought the man to shore.

The man was unresponsive.

Lifeguards and a firefighter performed CPR on the man.

He was pronounced dead at Wilcox Hospital.

MAN CRITICAL AFTER MOTORCYCLE CRASH

A 57-year-old man was critically injured yesterday after he was ejected from his silver Harley Davidson motorcycle near the entrance of the Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor.

Police said the cyclist was leaving the harbor and turning east on Malakole Street shortly before 3 a.m. when he veered onto the left gravel shoulder of the road and collided with a concrete piling barrier.

The man was taken to a Hono-lulu trauma center with severe head injuries, police said.

OUT-OF-CONTROL CAR STRIKES PEDESTRIAN

A man believed to be in his 60s was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition yesterday after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an 89-year-old Hawai'i Kai man on Kalaniana'ole Highway near Paiko Lagoon.

Police said the white 2003 Toyota four-door sedan was traveling east in the far right lane of Kalaniana'ole Highway at around 11:40 a.m. when the driver lost control of the car. The vehicle veered off the roadway and onto the south sidewalk, sideswiped a hollow tile wall and knocked out a fire hydrant before striking the pedestrian about 480 feet west of Paiko Drive.

The broken hydrant sent a plume of water 40 feet into the air.

The pedestrian suffered head and body injuries, police said.