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"The suit is based on a Hawaii statute that makes parents liable for the wrongs of their minor children," said attorney David C. Schutter, representing Estrelita Brown, the mother of injured Chauncey Hata, 16.
Brown is seeking unspecified damages.
A police officer opened fire on the stolen car June 7 after the driver, Jared Fe Benito, reversed, nearly striking an officer, then lurched forward to escape a blockade of four police cars. Fe Benito drove more than a half mile before crashing into a parking garage across from Kapiolani Hospital on Pali Momi. He died a few hours later.
Both Hata, who was hit in the arm, hip and face, and another passenger, Sundance Cambra, who was uninjured, claim Fe Benito told them the car belonged to his aunt and was not stolen, Schutter said.
Three other times, they saw helicopters pass nearby in the east Maui wilderness. They didn't have much hope of being spotted.
But the two Maui men were found yesterday near Olinda in large part because of an infrared scanner mounted in a rescue helicopter that detected their body heat on the ground.
"It helped to save us," said Ryckewaert, 17. "Without it, they probably wouldn't have seen us."
The device, able to detect warm bodies through brush and cloud cover, has been used on Maui since 1987. The Honolulu Fire Department only recently received authorization to spend $65,000 to purchase one.
There is no study that shows vog, or volcanic fog, causes lead poisoning, she said.
The program will conduct free lead testing for children ages 6 months to 6 years in the Volcano and Kau areas of the Big Island on July 17-18.
Kau is frequently affected by volcanic fumes. A 1988 study by the Department of Health indicated lead poisoning might be connected to acid rain caused by vog. The rain might leach lead into home water sources which depend on water collected from rooftops, the study said.
But that connection was vague and has since been abandoned, Weinhart said.
Darlene Childers, 51, and Peti Teofilo Jr., 26, were arrested Friday night and each charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of crack cocaine, said FBI spokesman John Schiman.
Childers allegedly offered to sell five ounces of crack cocaine to an informant and introduced an undercover officer to Teofilo, who sold the officer five ounces of cocaine for $6,000, according to court documents.
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