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Police said the bolt pierced the boy's skull above one temple and extended through the skull, sticking out above the other temple.
The boy's parents returned to their Kaloko home around 6 p.m. and found their son lying unconscious on the floor with the bolt in his head, police said.
Police said they do not know if anyone else was home at the time of the accident.
The boy was flown to The Queen's Medical Center with the bolt still in his head.
He was listed in critical condition early this morning.
Although no other details were available about the incident, police said it appeared not to be deliberate and is tentatively classified as a home accident.
The boy, whose name was not released, was taken first to Kona Hospital and later transferred to Queen's.
The new parents are a 23-year-old nene couple who have unsuccessfully nested for the past three years.
They seemed reluctant to accept the goslings at first, but now seem to be warming up to them at an enclosure in the Ainahou part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Lane said.
The park has still found no sign of the natural parents or a third gosling. The dog that attacked them also has not been found.
The victim was identified as Tulsi Kirn, 21, of Captain Cook.
The driver of the southbound pickup, Rance Rapozo, 18, of Kailua-Kona, who was not injured, was arrested but later released.
A standard negligent homicide investigation is being conducted and an autopsy will be done on Kirn to determine if alcohol was involved.
Witnesses say Thomas J. Loerzel, manager of a downtown parking lot, was struck just once in the face, but the blow sent him to the ground, his head hitting the pavement.
The case initially was classified a misdemeanor assault, but his condition worsened, police said.
The assault happened after Loerzel, who was riding a motorcycle, had words with the occupants of a man in a car.
Police said the passenger who struck Loerzel was in his 20s, about 5-foot-10 to 6-feet, 180 to 200 pounds, with a slim build.
He was fair, had straight black hair in a military-style crew cut and was clean-shaven.
The car was described as a red, four-door sedan, possibly a Pontiac. It was fairly new, possibly a 1994 to 1997 model and possibly a rental, police said.
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