HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Biker in fatal crash identified
Advertiser Staff
A motorcyclist killed in an accident on the Moanalua Freeway near the Fort Shafter overpass has been identified as 45-year-old Blaise Villa of Honolulu, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office.
Villa was driving a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle Friday evening when he was struck by a car driven by a 49-year-old Honolulu man.
Both were in the same lane when the car began to switch lanes to the left, then suddenly veered back to the right and hit Villa, police said. The motorcycle then hit an embankment and a tree.
The death was the 27th traffic fatality of the year on O'ahu compared with 24 at the same time last year.
NORTH SHORE
RISING SURF MAY HIT UP TO 24 FEET
Surf along O'ahu's North Shore could be as high as 24 feet today, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service last night issued a high-surf advisory for the north- and west-facing shores of O'ahu and Kaua'i, saying that surf was expected to build through the night and reach 20-24 feet by this morning.
Along west-facing shores, wave heights could reach 12-18 feet this morning.
Surf along south- and east-facing shores was expected to be in the 3- to 6-foot range
KAUA'I
MAN, 63, DIES FOLLOWING RESCUE
A 63-year-old Kaua'i man died at Wilcox Hospital yesterday morning after being brought ashore at Wailua Beach.
According to police, the man was in trouble and a surfer brought him to shore on his surfboard.
While being pulled to shore the man fell off the board and stopped breathing.
Lifeguards began administering CPR and medics continued the procedure on the way to the hospital, where the man was pronounced dead.
His name was not released.
WAI'ANAE
FIGHT LEAVES ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION
A 53-year-old man was in custody last night on charges of attempted murder after an early morning fight in a fast-food restaurant left another man critically injured.
Police said the fight erupted before 8 a.m. after a confrontation in the restroom area of a Burger King restaurant in Wai'anae.
The victim lost consciousness following the fight and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
The suspect was arrested and booked for attempted murder.
KAILUA
MAN, 29, ARRESTED IN CAR THEFT, CRASH
A 29-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly broke into a Kailua home, stole the owner's car and crashed it not long afterward.
Police said the 42-year-old victim was asleep in her house about 3 a.m. when she awoke to find the man in her kitchen.
The man took her car keys and fled in her car.
About an hour later, a police officer spotted the stolen car near the South King Street off-ramp of H-1 Freeway. The man tried to pull away but hit a traffic island and was arrested, police said.
Charges were pending last night.
