A 33-year-old Hilo man was killed yesterday in a single-vehicle crash on Amaulu Road, just over a mile west of Wainaku Avenue in Hilo, Hawai'i County police said.

The man was identified as Jaime Rain Church.

Police said Church was driving a Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck west-bound on Amaulu Road when he lost control, ran off the roadway and hit a tree about 2:20 a.m.

Church was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:20 a.m.

Police say speed and alcohol were involved. Police ask anyone with information on this crash to call Officer Robert Pauole at 808-961-8119.

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR KAUA'I SURFER

The Coast Guard and Kaua'i County rescue personnel yesterday searched for a surfer who was reported missing in waters off Anahola yesterday afternoon.

The surfer, a 34-year-old Moloa'a man, was last seen about 1:30 p.m. when he was hit by a large wave and fell off his board at a spot called "Crack 14" around the bend from Kuna Bay. The Kaua'i Fire Department and county ocean safety lifeguards began looking for the man and were later joined by Coast Guard rescue crews from Barbers Point on O'ahu.

The fire department suspended its search when darkness fell and said it would resume its search at daybreak today. The Coast Guard planned to search through the night with its HH-65 helicopter.

Anyone with information on the case should contact Coast Guard Sector Honolulu at 808-842-2600.

CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL DEBATE

Hawaii Public Radio will air a debate among many of the 11 candidates vying for the City Council Windward seat from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on March 23. The debate, which will be held before a studio audience in the Atherton Studio, will be broadcast on KIPO 89.3.

Candidates who have agreed to appear are Ikaika Anderson, Tracy Nakano Bean, John Henry Felix, Wilson Kekoa Ho, Steve Holmes, Sol Nalua'i, Tom Pico Jr. and Pohai Ryan.

The vacancy occurred because of the Feb. 22 death of Councilwoman Barbara Marshall, who held the seat representing Kailua, Kane'ohe and Waimanalo.

BUS INJURES TWO MAUI PEDESTRIANS

KA'ANAPALI, Maui — Two elderly pedestrians were injured, one seriously, yesterday when they were struck by a bus carrying hotel workers.

The incident happened at 7:49 a.m. on Honoapi'ilani Highway at the Kai Ala Drive intersection. Police said the bus was turning left from Kai Ala Drive onto the highway, headed toward Napili, when it hit the pedestrians, who were crossing the highway from Kai Ala Drive headed in the mauka direction.

One of the victims, an 81-year-old Lahaina man, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center. The other victim, a 79-year-old Lahaina woman, was reported in stable condition at the hospital. Neither the 66-year-old Kahului man who was driving the bus nor his 13 passengers were injured.