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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, July 30, 2009

Elderly visitor from Massachusetts an apparent drowning victim on Kauai


Advertiser Staff

LIHUE — A 71-year-old Massachusetts man apparently drowned yesterday at Poipu Beach Park.

Kauai firefighters say the man was found floating face down in water fronting the Beach House Restaurant at about 11:50 a.m. He was roughly 50 yards from shore.
Swimmers in the area brought the man to shore.
Paramedics took the man to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.