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Newswatch
Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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Motorists reminded of freeway closures
The H-1 Freeway between Halawa and Pearl City will be closed in both directions between 9:30 p.m. and 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Jan. 23.
Motorists are asked to use alternate routes such as Kamehameha Highway through Aiea and Pearl City. During the closure, crews will pour concrete as part of the $55 million H-1 widening project.
When it is completed, there will be six Ewa-bound lanes all the way to the Pearl City off-ramp. The sixth lane could open as early as April, the state Transportation Department said.
For more information on the widening project, call the state's hotline at 587-6316 or visit www.h1widening.com.
Gas line work to close lanes in Kaimuki area
Repair work on underground gas lines will be done at Harding and 11th avenues starting tomorrow, the Gas Company said.
The repairs will be done from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and last until Wednesday.
Police will be at the site to direct traffic.
Motorists are asked to use caution in the area and allow for extra travel time.
$640,000 grant helps Kawainui Marsh work
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will award over $640,000 to the state of Hawaii for the restoration of Kawainui Marsh .
State and private donors will contribute another $312,000 to the project.
The marsh is the largest freshwater wetland in Hawaii. It also provides primary habitat for four of Hawaii's endemic and endangered waterbirds.
The project will restore 20 acres and enhance 60 acres of coastal wetlands and nearby uplands.
The Castle Foundation, the Wildlife Society, Le Jardin Academy, Kailua Urban Design Task Force and the City and County of Honolulu will help with the restoration.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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LEEWARD OAHU
Police seek vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
Honolulu traffic police are asking for the public's help in finding a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run early yesterday that killed a 63-year-old pedestrian.
The crash happened sometime before 4:43 a.m. on Farrington Highway, near Maaloa Street.
Police said an elderly woman from the area was trying to cross the highway from makai to mauka when she was struck in the outside westbound lane.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police do not have a description of the vehicle involved, but believed speed was a factor in the crash.
The traffic fatality is the year's second, compared to four at the same time in 2005.
Those with any information on the crash are asked to call the Honolulu Police Department's traffic division at 529-3499.
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Firefighters and police peered yesterday over the edge of where a car went into the water at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. A man in his 60s was reported to be in "extremely critical" condition following the accident. See story below.
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Driver hospitalized after Ala Wai mishap
A man in his 60s was in "extremely critical" condition yesterday after driving his car off the Ala Wai Boat Harbor and landing in 10- to 12-foot waters.
His passenger, a woman in her 20s, was in serious condition after the 5:30 p.m. accident.
Firefighters were able to pull the two out of the car. An Emergency Medical Services supervisor said the driver was taken to Straub Hospital & Clinic.
The passenger, the man's granddaughter, was taken to the Queen's Medical Center.
Witnesses said the car they were in reversed from a parking stall into the water at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kauai man rescued off Mount Waialeale
A 53-year-old Kauai man who had been stranded at the top of Mount Waialeale since Wednesday was rescued yesterday.
David O'Quinn, of Wailua Homesteads, was dehydrated and had some cuts and bruises when he was picked up, the Kauai Fire Department said. He was taken to Wilcox Hospital.
A Barber's Point Coast Guard helicopter crew found and airlifted O'Quinn about 10:30 a.m.
He told rescuers that he had left Wednesday for a day hike on Loop Road in Wailua Homesteads. After taking a wrong turn, he got disoriented and ended up on Mount Waialeale.
O'Quinn was reported missing on Thursday morning.
But the search for the hiker on Mount Waialeale started about 11 a.m. Friday, when a tour helicopter company spotted him waving his arms on the north side of the mountain.
About two hours later, a second helicopter pilot saw the hiker walking in the same area.
Lihue fire rescuers flown in by helicopter Friday afternoon tried to land in the area where the man was spotted, but clouds obscured visibility. Weather conditions forced officials to suspend the search at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
They were out again yesterday about 7:45 a.m.