A string of accidents in the Islands over the weekend left three people dead, two injured and one missing and feared dead.

A 27-year-old Army man was killed yesterday in a collision between a motorcycle and sport utility vehicle on Kaukonahua Road between Wahiawa and Waialua.

Police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. John Agno said the soldier from Schofield Barracks was west-bound on Kaukonahua Road when his 2003 Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle veered into the path of a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder headed in the opposite direction at 8:13 a.m. The man dropped the motorcycle but was run over by the sport utility vehicle, which swerved to avoid a collision and ended up on an embankment, Agno said.

The accident scene was eight-tenths of a mile west of Wilikina Drive. The man, who was wearing a helmet, suffered head and internal injuries and was pronounced dead at Wahiawa General Hospital at 9:01 a.m., Agno said.

The 54-year-old Waialua woman driving the sport utility vehicle was not injured.

The motorcyclist's speed was an apparent factor, police said.

The Honolulu medical examiner's office has identified the man but would not release his name until kin are notified.

Traffic was backed up for hours as officers investigated the scene.

The death is O'ahu's ninth traffic fatality of the year, compared with 20 on the same date in 2007.

Also on O'ahu, a surfer pulled from waters at Ehukai Beach on the North Shore died at Kahuku Hospital yesterday, said Honolulu emergency services spokesman Bryan Cheplic.

City lifeguards brought the man to shore at 3:18 p.m. yesterday and provided CPR until EMS arrived, Cheplic said.

The National Weather Service said that at the time, waves on the North Shore were 6 to 10 feet.

However, the surf was expected to rise last night and the weather service yesterday issued a high-surf advisory for north- and east-facing shores of O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and the Big Island at 4 p.m.

NWS lead forecaster Chris Brenchley said the advisory will be in effect until 6 a.m. tomorrow. The forecast is for 10 to 15-foot surf on north-facing shores and 6- to 10-foot surf for east-facing shores, Brenchley said.

The northwest swells are from a storm system in the northern Pacific while trade winds are causing the swells on the east-facing shores, he said.

SEARCH CALLED OFF

Meanwhile, the search ended yesterday for a man who disappeared while kayaking Saturday afternoon on Kaua'i's south shore.

Kayakers Corey and Tina German, both 36, set off at Koloa Landing Saturday afternoon. The seas were choppy and they ran into trouble, said Kaua'i County spokeswoman Mary Daubert.

Tina German was found about 400 yards from The Beach House Restaurant Saturday and was brought to shore by two lifeguards at about 3:15 p.m. She was taken to Wilcox Hospital and was reported to be in stable condition.

A full-scale search was conducted for Corey German on Saturday and yesterday, including efforts by the Coast Guard, which also searched Saturday night. The couple's kayak was found Saturday.

Firefighters, lifeguards and the Air 1 helicopter, along with the Coast Guard, resumed the search yesterday, but the Coast Guard said yesterday that the search ended at 5:30 p.m. and would not be continued.

Based on where Tina German was found and ocean conditions, yesterday's search and rescue operations were conducted between Koloa Landing and Spouting Horn.

KITE-SURFER DIES

Elsewhere on Kaua'i, a 50-year-old Kalaheo man was pronounced dead at Wilcox Hospital Saturday night after nearly drowning at Gillins Beach, just east of Punahoa Point near Maha'ulepu Beach in Po'ipu, Kaua'i.

According to a preliminary report, Irving Corbett had been kite surfing at the south shore spot, Daubert said.

Someone called police dispatch at 4:01 p.m. Saturday to report that Corbett was lying on the beach unresponsive, but breathing.

Rescue specialists from the Lihu'e fire station who were in Po'ipu on another rescue call left that scene and responded to Gillins Beach. When they arrived, the rescue specialists took over performing CPR from bystanders.

Medics then continued with CPR while en route to Wilcox Hospital.

Corbett was pronounced dead at the hospital.

SCUBA DIVER CRITICAL

In another Kaua'i accident, a 69-year-old woman from Hugo, Minn., was taken to Wilcox Hospital in critical condition yesterday after experiencing problems while scuba diving with a group at Koloa Landing.

The woman was with a group organized by Aquatic Adventures Inc., according to Kaua'i County officials. A caller notified police dispatch at about 9:45 a.m. that the woman was in distress and had been brought to shore by her diving instructor.

Lifeguards from the Po'ipu tower and rescue specialists from the Lihu'e fire station performed CPR until she was taken to the hospital.